Back when I was in INSIGHT I heard a quote from Ralph Winter that changed my view of "calling". His idea is that we see needs around us all the time. Meanwhile we sit around asking God to help us understand our calling. Ralph Winter simply asks the question, "Isn't the need the call?"
At the time, I was also thinking about the idea of the Church as a Body. As I let Ralph Winter's question turn in my head, I began to think of friends I knew who saw completely different needs than I did. Some of them saw a need for people in poverty, others saw a need for a change in the way we treat our world, others saw a need for people to preach the gospel to the nations. As I thought about these things, I began to wonder, "What would it be like if we took the time that we spend thinking about calling and simply tried to help with the needs that we see, big and small, and then encouraged others as they did the same in different areas?"
My grandparents have always said, "You can't steer a boat that isn't moving." If we sit around waiting for a call, nothing is likely to happen. But, if we look for the needs around us and then act upon them, we might actually find "our calling."
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