Os Guinness says in his book, The Call, that the one issue that comes up more so than any others is this: How do I find and fulfill the central purpose of my life? Who am I? What is the meaning of life itself?
We desire to make a difference. We long to leave a legacy. Our passion is to know that we’re fulfilling the purpose for which we are here. If we don’t satisfy this deep longing, we can live “lives of quiet desperation.”
In an early draft of Dostoevsky’s The Brother’s Karamazov, the Inquisitor gives this account of what happens to the human soul when it doubts its purpose: “For the secret of man’s being is not only to live… but to live for something definite.”
For us Christians, this something definite is God’s calling. Our purpose can be found only when we discover the specific purpose for which we were created and to which we are called. Answering the call of our Creator is the “ultimate why” for living, the highest source of purpose in human existence.
Many Christians think only of pastors as being “called.” Not so. When Jesus says, “Follow me,” he’s inviting everyone, not just professional church workers, to join in a way of life in which “everything we do, and everything we have is invested with a special devotion and energy.”
We’ll be looking at God’s calling and what this means to us in coming weeks. - DJ
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