Series 03 Discerning Your Calling

3. Steps to the calling

1. Take your calling seriously

2. Some wear their calling lightly

3. Some, Run away from it—

4. But what we do matters immensely— we are on a mission from God

2. Discerning your calling—

great challenge of self exploration

usually not easy to discover

Requires ruthless honesty about your gifts and limitations

You will have to be willing to ask self hard questions

Live with hard answers It may take many attempts and Failures

3. Something you discover, not something you choose—

discovering your calling involves very careful listening

People speak about choosing their calling / a chosen calling is an oxymoron

. There is another side to the coin / another side to consider about your calling

Following your calling does not always bring feelings of enjoyment.

A calling often involves pain