Calling and Purpose

If you are a follower of Jesus, a Christian, then you share the same purpose as all other followers.  Your purpose is to "Know Him, and Jesus Christ whom He has sent", as THIS is eternal life.  So we all have the same purpose, to know, love and serve God.  But we each also have something specific to do with our LIFE, that gives our life meaning, that is the means to our provision, that makes us  the most effective, and advances the Kingdom of God when it is devoted to Him. This is your and my "Life's Work"© .  Your Life's Work© is the primary outcome of your life, it is the "works" that have been prepared in advance for you to do.- Eph 2:10.  Your Life's Work© is the work that is referred to in Eph 4:16- .....the body.......builds itself up in love, as each part does ITS work. It the "WORKS"  are hands "find to do" in Ecc 9:10.  Our Life's Work© can only be done BY US!  No one else can do it for you.  Your Life's Work© is not a job and it is not a calling. 

It is important to know that a Calling is a job God gives you and some callings last a lifetime.  On my radio show, "God's Work in Progress"  I did a great show with Michael Novak, an Author and Speaker who is also a former Ambassador to the UN under President's Ford and Carter.  On his show appearance we discussed his great book "Business as a Calling".  Michael considers himself called to write.  It is what he's always wanted to do. But if you examine his life you can see that he has a Core Passion to write about certain things, and make certain points, address certain issues.  He also has a great ability to communicate which is a more Core Competence than writing as he also makes speeches.  When he applies this competence to his passion he has a sense of significance that can only be described as "Divine".  He is atONE with his Creator in his work. There is not a better satisfaction than that!