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I am very excited about this new teaching series.
We are going to spend 5 weeks on the topic of Purpose and the title given to the this teaching series is  “God’s calling.”
God extends his calling to every person and not only is the calling unique, it is a very big deal.
To know your calling is to discover your purpose.
When hear and respond to your calling your  whole life is affected in a good way.
You become more fully alive.
You become more settled on this question of what is my life all about.
I think it is a big deal to know God’s calling.
It certainly was for me.
Here are some experiences that led me to discover my calling.
With my story, I got to live my entire Christian life within a church culture that provided the freedom for me to help out (later I discovered the the 50 cent word for ‘helping out’ is actually ministry)
 I say freedom, because I was given to choice to say yes or say no to various invitations to help out, or to serve.
·          Greeters
·          Pastor’s Prayer meeting on Wednesday
·          Kinship….guitar.
(your kidding….me?)
·          pray w~/ others for people.
(your kidding…me?)
·          Lead the odd group (now you’ve got to be kidding?)
In the beginning the invitations to serve came from other people, and in the midst of doing things … I would received on the job training….again,
it was later that I understood that the 50 cent word for that was ‘discipleship’.
Somewhere in the midst of all of that I began to notice what kinds of things brought me life, things I would never have guessed, but because I decided to help out, I stumbled into things that really energized me.
·          Sabrina and I led our first kinship.
We discovered that we didn’t see people the way they saw themselves, but saw potential (the diamonds in the rough)
·          From there I was invited to be on the board of directors, which I assumed had to be because of my business background.
Then came an invitation to be on the council of elders.
·          At each point of the way, there was always a decision to make.
I wasn’t looking for recognition.
I had all the recognition I needed in my real job.
·          Why don’t you come on staff and help out administration, small group leadership development.
·          Why don’t you head up Sunday morning ministry.
·          What do you think about planting a church in London.
So, those are just a few highlights of the life process that I went through in which I discovered God’s call.
There was invitation from others but we began to understand the importance of paying attention to what was occurring on the inside.
Something I call the [peace factor].
However, I need to let you in on something that is very, very important for you to know.
It is the most important thing I want to say to you this morning.
God’s call is not restricted to those people who become full time ministers.
God calls everyone……even you.
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So what is to be our Biblical Understanding of Calling?
This idea of Biblical calling is not something that is easily dismissed.
The straight forward meaning of the verb ‘to call’ refers to the capacity in every living creature have to call out to one another, to stay connected, to communicate something of importance.
Even in this most basic element the dynamic of calling is profound because it reminds us that calling is first of all HIGHLY RELATIONAL.
It has to do with one being (GOD) reaching out and establishing connection with another (US)
Calling is highly relational.
I think the first example of calling in the bible is perhaps the most powerful one….
Gen 3. “God called to the man “Where are you?”
Now, having established that calling is Relational I would then say that that there are two things you need to know about God’s calling: There is a general call and there is a specific call.
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There is a General Call
!!! /When you accept Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, you experience a General Call of relationship to your Heavenly Father….it is a call to Intimacy./
Galatians 4:4-7 (TNIV)  God sent his Son,…..5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption (become his child) 6 Because you are his children, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.”
7 So you are no longer slaves, but God’s children; and since you are his children, he has made you also heirs.
!!! /Every Christian has received a general call, and part of that calling is a permanent intimacy with your Heavenly Father.
But we also have a general call to discipleship.
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The basic idea of discipleship is spending time with Jesus and learning from him in much the same way as an apprentice trains under the tutelage of a master trades-person.
In John 12:26  Jesus says, Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be.
My Father will honor the one who serves me.
Think of it this way, The first part of our general call is the Father calling out ‘where are you?’ and as we respond to that we find ourselves responding to his Son, who calls to us… “Come follow me into a way of life that is beyond anything you ever imagined”
!!! /Jesus not only calls us into a different way of life but also into a different quality of life /
John 10.10 The reason I have come is so that you may have life and have it to the fullest measure.
So we all receive the call into a life of intimacy with the Father and into a way of life where we become apprentices to His Son Jesus.
!!! /There is yet another aspect of the general call that is important to include.
Every believer has also received a general call to tribulation.
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See, when you respond to the general call to enter into an intimate relationship with the Father, and to walk with Jesus you experience the godly life.
 2 Timothy 3:12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
Our general call is not all a bed of roses.
Sometimes its hard.
!! So, every Christian receives a general call from God, but there is also a specific call.
There is something unique about you as an individual.
There is something about how God has gifted you in a particular, unique way.
The Bible has lots to say about gifts…some natural, some supernatural and the bible is clear.
God gives these enabling gifts to all and to all God has gifted in a very specific unique way.
There is nobody else like you.
The world might not need another you but it does need you.
You are special and you have something special to contribute.
God has something unique for you to do.
There is a phenomenal amount of God activity going on.
It is happening all around each of us.
It is going on within our reach.
And God invites each and every one of us to reach and to participate or partner with this God activity in the way that he has designed us to do so.
Now,  with all this talk about how God wants to use you and how you can use your gifts and talents for him, it is critical that we do not overlook something that is hugely important.
We need to keep first things first.
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To keep First Things First, We need to go back to our  general Call.
Let me summarize our general call…..We are called to be a people who belong to God.
We know that we know, that we belong.
The 1st question that is asked in the Westminster Shorter Catechism is this, “What is the chief end of man?” “Man’s chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever.
!! Before calling has anything to do with doing it has everything to do with Being.
When I say being, I mean you being that essence of yourself that God knew before the foundation of the earth.
That person that God called into being and that God alone knows….really.
God alone, knows who that person is more than you do.
Not ony are we called to be who we are….at the same time we are called to become more than we can yet envision…one who fully belongs to God.
So, before we start looking at what it is that we might have to offer to God, we need to first focus on who we are called to be not on what we have been called to do.
!! So, lets consider….. how did we become so conditioned to focus on what we are suppose to do rather than on who we are suppose to be.
Always thinking about works…how can I do the kinds of things that will make others happy…..my parents…my teacher…my boss…..my kids….God happy.
What is it that conditions us to be a people who tend to think about what we are doing wrong than what we are doing right?
Our culture…..our religious culture has tended to condition us to be kind of works oriented.
How many Christians do you know who say… Since becoming a Christian, I have never felt so rested … so at peace?
Even though I’ve told you that there is a general call  and that there is a specific call, what requires our utmost attention is our general call.
You have been called to relationship with God.
That is the most important thing.
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