We spend our best years, our best decades, at work. And given the investment of life, we desperately want to believe that all that effort, all that daily grind, matters in the end. But secretly, most of us are asking, “Am I wasting my life? Is the work I’m doing truly what God intended? Maybe there’s something better for me. God, send me a sign to know what to do!” Today on Ask Pastor John: stop waiting for a sign.
As we read Romans 12 together, Sarah in Atlanta writes in with this question about ministry: “Pastor John, I am 25 and wrestling with this whole missions calling thing. Some at my church are pushing this idea, saying if you’re not planning to be a missionary, you better have a clear calling to remain in America. But honestly, this doesn’t sit right with me biblically. It seems to flip the normal pattern of calling on its head. I mean, don’t we usually see God specifically calling people to ministry roles rather than assuming everyone should do them by default? How do I think about this biblically? Should I really be planning to pack my bags for overseas missions unless I get some supernatural stop sign from God? Or is there a more balanced way to discern whether God is actually calling me to missions work specifically?” Here’s what Pastor John said to a similar question in 2015.
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