What is calling exactly? You read biblical stories of Noah and Moses and think they had a clear calling from God. They had a specific duty, for a specific group of people, at a specific time.
What does calling really mean. Is there only 1 job, in 1 specific geographical location, serving in 1 specific way. Or do we go to the other end of the spectrum; serve God where you are, and you are fulfilling his calling. I must admit the first one scares me. What if I get it wrong, does that make me disobedient? I was reading an article in Sojourners magazine last week titled All’s Quiet on the God Front by Rose Marie Berger where she shares about people living out God’s calling in silence. Here is a quote…
Mother Teresa, in her diaries released last year, also writes about God’s silence—more particularly God’s absence. In a letter to her archbishop, Teresa begs, “Please pray especially for me that I may not spoil [Jesus’] work and that Our Lord may show Himself—for there is such a terrible darkness within me, as if everything was dead.” This great emptiness started when she began her ministry with the destitute and dying in Calcutta.
I have this vision of God having coffee (fair-trade of course) with mother Teresa. She was the very hand and feet of God, and she did not feel his presence. It causes me to think… are we looking for too many answers? Are we standing in the middle of our own Calcutta asking “God what is my calling?” Does God really care when we serve him as long as we are sincerely giving all we have for him, and serving those that truly need to see God?
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