Pilgrim Soldier

Yesterday afternoon I was talking to Patrik about what we mean when we say we are called to something. Now I hadn’t realised this before but in the New Testament the only mention of being called is in connection to discipleship, rather than specific roles. This led to a discussion about whether or not we should even use the word calling when we talk about the things we do for the Lord.

This got me thinking a little about the language that we use sometimes within our faith. For me the word ‘calling’ describes the intense feeling that I have about my future ministry, and indeed have had for several years during my time preparing for and being in Latvia. I can’t explain it any other way and I’m not sure I want to.

In a post a few days ago I said that I’m not sure that we are actually meant to understand everything about God. I think that this whole area of calling is one of those areas. We are called simply to trust that he knows what he wants us to do with our lives. I’ve noticed that many people are often led by the Spirit to take on roles that they are actually well suited about. More often than not this also means that the person is passionate about the thing they are led to do as well. How does this happen? Is it that God fixes things to make sure we are suited to the role, or is it that he simply knows how we will turn out? In the end does it really matter?

I’m convinced that it really doesn’t matter! What matters is that we follow the Spirits leading! Whether we term this leading a calling or not is irrelevant too! So let’s be called to be disciples and then simply follow where the Spirit leads us in our walk with the Lord!