Year 5, Day 303: Proverbs 12

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Discipleship Focus: Calling

• Calling asks whether or not God has called the person to the particular work at this point in their life.

Quite often when we talk about calling we want to talk about the big picture.  We think about calling with respect to our job.  We think about calling with respect to our church.  We think about calling with respect to our future.  While all of those make sense and they are applicable to the idea of calling, I think we miss the true picture of calling.

What am I called to do today?  What am I called to do with the 16 hours that God has given to me today?

If we look through this chapter of Proverbs, we can get a glimpse of how we are called to live.  With respect to our attitude of life, we are to love discipline.  With respect to marriage, we are to bring honor to our spouse and not disgrace.  With regard to our station, it is better to have a station and be able to provide for ourselves than to try and have a higher station than we deserve and suffer lack because of it.  With regard to creation around us, if we care for creation – especially the beasts and land under our care – we will have it far better off than if we are negligent and abuse the land and beasts around us.  With regard to our speech we know that truth endures while our lying lips only bring trouble and distrust.

What to know your calling?  Live a life that loves discipline, lives within your means, respects the creation around you, honors your spouse, and ushers forth truth.  That is your calling.  In the end, that is often far more important than the big picture we worry about and never materializes.

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