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In the Bible, God calls people to all kinds of work, including agriculture, skilled labor, political and military leadership, motherhood, social protest, and religious work. God’s call may be powerful, direct and unmistakable, as with Moses at the burning bush.
This holy calling refers to hearing and understanding God's voice in one's life and obeying the summons given. Thus, vocation-or one's calling-brings divine meaning and purpose to the life of a Christian.
However the true meaning of God’s call is discovered by reference to who extends the call, the intention of the call, and its effectiveness in bringing about what is purposed. THE AUTHORITY OF THE CALL The God who calls is the one who summoned the earth into being (Isa. 48:13;
“Calling is the truth that God calls us to himself so decisively that everything we are, everything we do, and everything we have is invested with a special devotion, dynamism, and direction lived out as a response to his summons and service.”
- Historical-Theological Perspective
- The Legitimacy of Various Professions
- Career Guidance and Discerning Gifts
- Calling in Christian Thought and Practice
For an historical-theological perspective on vocation at greater length than is possible in this article, seeVocation in Historical-Theological Perspective, by Gordon Preece.
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Banks, Robert. Faith Goes to Work. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 1999. Mackenzie, Alistair, Wayne Kirkland and Annette Dunham. Soul Purpose.Christ Church, NZ: NavPress, 2004. Schuurman, Douglas J. Vocation: Discerning Our Calling in Life.Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2004. Schuster, John P. Answering Your Call: A Guide for Living Your Deepest Purpose.San...
Guinness, Os. The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life.London: Word Publishing, 1998. Hardy, Lee. The Fabric of This World: Inquiries into Calling, Career Choice, and the Design of Human Work.Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1990. Placher, Williams C., ed. Callings: Twenty Centuries of Christian Wisdom on Vocation.Grand Rapids, ...
1 a : a summons from God to an individual or group to undertake the obligations and perform the duties of a particular task or function in life : a divine call to a place of service to others in accordance with the divine plan. This sense doesn’t restrict the concept to religious vocations, although it is immediately qualified in a way that does:
In Sacred Scripture the words for creation and calling both refer to a divine action of God that orders creatures to fulfill their purposes.1 He creates nothing without calling it to a purpose. And when God creates a person, He calls that person to the original “word” that spoke him into existence.
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