Some Key Questions
- From what do you find purpose in life?
- What is work? Why do it?
- Are your work and your calling the same? Why or why not?
- Why is there such a wide variety of causes out there for which individuals (often who are volunteers)? Â How do those who follow Christ with a passion for the Kingdom of God choose between them?
- How would you describe Jesus’ call to you?
Some (more) basic principles
- God wants (and calls) all of who we are.  He wants us with the fullness of our Head, Heart and Hands. Philippians 4:8
- The Holy Spirit has “quickened†us, our spirits, through our faith in Jesus Christ. Romans 8:11 in the KJV. Quicken = “Give lifeâ€
- God calls us to Him — and then to what we do.
- God’s call to us is an invitation – and a command. Jesus’ simple command to his first disciples, “Follow me.†Matthew 4:18-20
- We work out our calling by God throughout our lives. God has acted prior to this “blog reading” in calling us. Let’s look at what Mary Poplin had to say about her journey in Christ before “finding Calcuttaâ€
- Her upbringing was like that of many of us from the United States: “I can now see that even the church in which I grew up taught me more about being a ‘good humanist’ than about living with and for Christ.†(12)
- She accepted Christ clumsily/reluctantly, “If you are real, please come and get me.†(11)
- God’s blessing her trip to India by provision for all her needs.
Calcutta is …
[Read more…] about Finding Calcutta: Where is Calcutta? Somewhere beyond (just) ourselves.