Don’t Use Your Calling as a Crutch!

Posted on 01. Jul, 2010 by admin in God Stuff

Often times what we write about on this blog are in direct correlation to what God is teaching/ showing us.

Today’s post is no different!

Lately I have been thinking about the callings that God places on our lives. Some of us feel called to go to the nations. Some of us feel called to minister to the homeless; to disciple children; to serve; to preach, to teach, to prophesy and so forth.

But do we use our giftings/ callings sometimes as a crutch that we lean on to not do things that we aren’t “called” to? I wonder?

Do we limit what God wants to do in and through us because we think- that is not our calling?

To demonstrate this let me share a personal example…over the past several years it has become increasingly clear to me that I feel a call to help/ love/save orphans and to advocate on behalf of them and their plight. I think about them all the time and pray that God would provide for their every need (a loving family, food, shelter, the opportunity to know Jesus personally, etc.) I have found myself on a path of learning about the heartbreaking reality of so many children around the world- they are starving; they are dying, they are desperate, they are lonely, they are scared, they are being raped and abused…ahhh…my heart just breaks for them!

I have no doubt in my mind that the Lord has opened my eyes and has given me a piece of His heart. And as much as it hurts sometimes…I want more of His heart!

And as this post will demonstrate…I have a long way to go…

Recently I was approached to build relationships with some middle school girls that are either pregnant or have recently had a baby. These girls are in need of stability in their lives and for God’s love to meet them right where they are at.

The sad part was my immediate thought was this: “Wow, that is really sad that there are preteen girls that are hurting…but that’s not really where I feel passionate…that’s not really what God has called me to”…YUCK!

It shouldn’t matter what we are individually called to…we are ALL called to LOVE! The first commandment is to love God and the second is to love our neighbors as ourselves.

Whether we are servers, prophets, teachers, evangelists, called to the sick, children, adults, elderly, etc. etc. we shouldn’t let that become a crutch…we shouldn’t use it as an excuse to NOT meet a need and LOVE.

I hope that you can identify with me in this…I pray that the next time a need arises that instead of asking yourself; am I called to this… you will look for the opportunity to LOVE!

They will know we are Christians by our love!

I am so glad that Jesus didn’t look at the beggar and say I don’t do homeless…He didn’t look at the blind and the sick and say I don’t do healings…He didn’t look at our selfishness and pride and say I don’t teach….

Our God showed His deep and passionate love for us at every opportunity He had! He had compassion on us! He showed us true grace and gave us an example that we should all live by.

Don’t get caught up in your gifts; in what you are “called” to do…remember that we are all called to love.

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