Calling is not a job or a career.  It is the specific earthly assignment God has set aside for you to do.  It is a task that will impact the lives of others in order to draw them into a closer relationship with Him.

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Your life’s calling is the culmination of your life’s  experiences, character, personality, talents and spiritual gifts used to express your love of God through obedience to the compassionate desires He places in your heart. Unlike a job or professional career, there is no preparation for living your calling.  You simply live the life you have been given without giving up or giving in. The circumstances of your personal life and your dependence upon God form the foundation of your calling.

Here are a couple of Biblical examples of people who lived their calling:

• Moses was born an Israelite, lived as a prince in Egypt and was used by God to fulfill the promise He made to Abraham which was to set the people of Israel free after four hundred years of slavery.  (Genesis 15:13)