We Don’t Develop Our Special Ministry Calling, We Discover It

What we need, to pursue our call to ministry, is programmed within us. But we may have to develop some skills or abilities once we know what our Special Calling is. When we discover our Special Ministry Calling we won’t necessarily have the immediate ability to get it done, rather we discover the passion to do whatever we need to do. Passion is the key, and our passion is directly related to the unique way God made us. We have always been amazed at how different ministries arouse passion in different people. When you talk about the plight of isolated seniors most people will be sympathetic, but not passionate. A few however, those designed by God to be passionate about isolated senior adults, will be passionate. Those who are passionate about seniors may be sympathetic, but not passionate, about the homeless. Can someone be passionate about more than one group of people, of course they can. But normally passion is reserved for a single ministry sphere of ministry during a particular stage of life. The most often used analogy for the church in the bible is the body. Different parts of the body have different ministry passions; the mission impact of a particular church should reflect the collective ministry callings of its people. Therefore it is extremely important that each of us is committed to discovering his or her Special Calling. What the church needs to be is a discover zone...