How is someone "called?"

[smithaw9027]

I'm a 22 year old college student. I just made up my mind not to become a doctor. I wanted to be a doctor because I thought I wanted to be a missionary -at leats part time and this seemed like a way to help others. But I hated science and after reading "The Purpose Driven Life," I FINALLY realized that God doesn't want me to be a doctor. he made me smart, but he didn't make me with that type of interest. So now I'm back at square 1 without a major. The thing is for the last 5 years I have been going regularly -once or twice a year- on week long mission trips to Central America with my dad. He leads a team from Kentucky every march and september and I love it-that's when I'm the happiest. (And its not because its a big vacation. We work 14 hour days in the heat and dust of the poorest areas in the western hemisphere) Before any of these trips, I've never felt that God said "Go to Nicaragua and serve me!" or anything like that. I just love going and want to get in on what God is already doing -thousands of people are given medical attention, hundreds accept Christ as their savior, and a new church is built in each village. I always feel good about my decision to go. I was wandering if deciding to be a missionary should be done just because you love being on the mission field or should I wait to hear God say "Go!" most other missionaries I have ever heard speak say God called them. i was just wondering what some other christians thought about this.

 

[DixieBelle]

I think God calls different people in different ways. If you feel very fulfilled and full of joy serving God as a missionary...God could be calling you in that way. I would encourage you to at least look into it and see what doors God would open or close for you.

 

[IKTCA]

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[Just a Child]

... I love it-that's when I'm the happiest. (And its not because its a big vacation. We work 14 hour days in the heat and dust of the poorest areas in the western hemisphere) Before any of these trips, I've never felt that God said "Go to Nicaragua and serve me!" or anything like that. I just love going and want to get in on what God is already doing -thousands of people are given medical attention, hundreds accept Christ as their savior, and a new church is built in each village. I always feel good about my decision to go. I was wandering if deciding to be a missionary should be done just because you love being on the mission field or should I wait to hear God say "Go!" most other missionaries I have ever heard speak say God called them. i was just wondering what some other christians thought about this.

This is a very good question you posed here. I believe God calls all to serve him and to preach His Word. You said you feel the happiest when you go on mission trips with your dad. I believe that is a very good sign that God is calling you to be a missionary. It appears you have the passion. This is a gift which has been bestowed upon you. A blessing. If it feels as if you are in the right place then you are.

Continue to pray for guidance. In Psalms we read of David praying to God and telling God that he will wait patiently for His answer. If you feel as if you haven't received an answer continue doing what you are doing, serving with your dad, and the Lord will direct you in all that you do. Ask and it shall be given unto you. Seek and ye shall find. Knock and it shall be open unto to you. I believe that is in Matthew 7. I will pray for you also. God be with you wherever you are and whatever you do.

Your Sister in Christ,
JAC

 

[endure]

well, i have recently learned something that changed my life totally.

i dont know the exact scripture, but the bible says that
"where a persons treasure is, there his heart will be also."
ever heard that verse before?
its a big "you better tithe!" verse. (i do beleive in tithing, not criticising it)

i wasnt so much looking for my calling, but i was looking my own personal ability to create wealth, becuase i want to have a wife and family and give them the best, and control my own life, and have options, and be a contribution to society.

but anyway... if your looking for your treasure....find your heart, becuase your heart will there. sometimes your heart is easier to find than your treasure, but it will always be there.
it pretty much just meant, that i need to find what i love to do, and that is what God has given me to create wealth. i have knoweledge and talents in what i love to do, that people are willing to pay me very well for.

but i think your calling is sort of the same way.
God knows what your called you to do, and made you specificly for that.
what do you love to do? i wanted to preach and be man of God to the world before i ever knew i was called. as JUST A CHILD said.
if you love to do that, then its possible that you need to do that.
if you just dont want to, then thats probly isnt your calling.
now im not saying your emotions tell you everything, but basicly i think you can find your own passions in the Lord through walking with him, and they are a good sighn of what your called to do.

follow your heart, he created you to enjoy his calling, and you will.
though sometimes you have to walk with God till your desires are changed into what hes called you to do.

its just that our callings are often our passions after we are saved.
though not neccesarilly your natural personality.
you want to find what God has given you to do, find your heart, it will be there.