the whole house, not just for the person who lit it. Exercise your calling/ gifting for the benefit of all. If you are a poet, expose your
works to the world, if you are an instrumentalist, expose yourselves to places and situations that require your skills, if you write,
there can be no shortage of pen and paper for the words you can put down. Teach, sing, build, paint, treat, landscape, massage,
counsel – and anything else you have to. At the end of it all, everything you are called to has one climaxing point and it is not as
temporary as making money. The tipping point for everyone who has a calling is that people will be drawn close to God and will
glorify God.
Being faithful to one’s calling for sure comes with an element of success and wealth, but pursuing a calling that does not result in
primarily growing the kingdom of God, is empty and not worth having because it draws you and others away from God. Take a
moment at this juncture and evaluate your daily activities. Are you certain you are living out your God given gifts? Are you certain
that what defines you career wise or professionally is what God originally intended for you? If you are on the verge of choosing a
career or spouse to marry, or an academic course, have you consulted the ultimate counselor to whom the purpose of your life has
been revealed? Will that decision be in line with what you are supposed to achieve in life by the time you are returning to your
Maker.
I was in a class where the teacher gave a wonderful challenge as we began a new year; and the challenge was this: take a piece of
paper and write down 3 – 5 things that you would like to work on in your life and those milestones you would like to achieve in the
new year. Then take another piece of paper and ask the Holy Spirit to give you what GOD needs you to work on in your life and
what you need to achieve. You see, the Holy Spirit is one with the Father and the Son. He is the third Person of the Holy Trinity and
Jesus says of Him, “However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His
own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come…” (John 16:13)
If you take this challenge, which piece of paper will take precedence to direct your life?
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