Servanthood

There are a few things to learn about serving in "your highest calling". God does not always give you life purpose at once, he reveals it over time. It can change with the season of life. It can be very difficult at times. But there is much fulfillment and joy in it when you are in your "sweet spot"! Every believer has a calling, a ministry, a place in the kingdom.
If you have not found your purpose in life yet, you are missing out on so much. Imagine if Shakespeare never knew he could write sonnets and plays? Or if Mother Teresa never discovered the joy of helping the poor? Or if Michael Jordan never discovered he could play basketball? They would have missed out on so much joy and satisfaction because that is what they were wired to do. That is true for us! When you find your sweet spot in ministry, you feel God's pleasure.

Fortunately the Bible addresses the topic of purpose/calling/place of ministry in the kingdom. Read Romans 12:4-8. There are many members of the church and each one of them has a different role or gift. We need to use those gifts! Read I Corinthians 12:7-11. Each believer is given gifts or a manifestation of the spirit all for the common good. It is God's decision who gets each gift of the spirit, not ours, he gives as he wills. Read Ephesians 4:7-16. Again, each believer is gifted and everyone is needed for the kingdom to work properly and grow. Read I Peter 4:10-11. We are to be good stewards of the gifts that God has given us and we are to use our gifts to serve the body.

Think of people in the Bible. All kind of occupations and personalities and they all had a call in the kingdom. Moses, Elijiah, Sarah, Isaac, Jeremiah, and the list goes on. They all had a place in the kingdom, they all had a calling. The Bible is a book of examples not of exceptions.

How can you find God's calling for you life? Start serving somewhere. Serve God while you are seeking his purpose. In the serving you will find your calling. Think of David taking food to his brothers in the army. He gets there and hears Goliath's taunts. Does he go to the battlefield planning to kill the giant? No, he's just serving in a simple way - taking food to his brothers, obeying his father Jesse. But that led him to killing Goliath and that changed his whole life. How can you find God's calling for your life? Start serving somewhere, serve God while you are seeking his purpose. Don't wait for a bolt of lightning. Get started serving somewhere now.

Discussion Questions
1. Do you know your calling or your purpose? At least for this season? Are you on a journey to find it or have you been derailed in the journey or have you never begun the journey?
2. What things "light you up"? What are you passionate about?
3. Where are you serving right now?
4. What would church look like if everyone was serving in their "highest calling"?