Discover Our Calling in Life

Making choices without considering God is easier. I don't have to worry whether I'm making the right or wrong choices. Just make the most sound and correct choice and don't regret about it.

But when I put God in the picture things get a bit more complicated. I want to make the right choices in God's sight. But I'm not able to discern which is the correct one. The most sound and decent option by man's standard may not be what God has in mind.

Probably it is fear. Fear that I've made the wrong choices. Like the decisions that I've made recently regarding my career. I really don't want to do something if I know it's not from God. I prayed, I tried to wait on Him, I asked people to pray for me. But I still don't know. Then the night before I had to make a decision I had a strange dream. Was that a sign from God? Or was it just a random thought? I've never made any decision base on my dream. My brother says that my decision was due to a lack of faith. But he didn't know that the whole day I was trying to do what he thought was right. If God had given me the slightest indication I would have gladly done so. But none of that came. I only had a strange dream from the night before.

Today one of my colleague send me a link on a sermon her husband preached recently, called Discover Your Life Calling. It suggested 5 questions to help people discover their calling:
1. What do you feel joy doing?
2. What are you good at doing?
3. What do you feel are the biggest needs of the people around you?
4. What is your unique personality?
5. What do your trusted friends say?

But what spoke to me more was this paragraph:

Having said that, our focus should not be just on methods to discern God's will. We are to trust in God Himself. There is no system that ensures you never make mistakes, but we can rely on a God of grace who will guide us and teach us even when we make mistakes. He is big enough to rescue us and lift us up when we fall. Otherwise, we would live in constant fear, always searching for the perfect formula for discovering God's will so we won't make any mistakes.

God,

If I've made the wrong choices please forgive me. Kindly guide me back to the path that You've intended. Even as I face new challenges and need to make new decisions everyday, I pray that You'll give me a discerning mind and an obedient heart.

Probably it's not biblical, but I pray that You'll close the doors that are not from You till I am more mature to discern which open door is from You.

Help me O God.

In Jesus' Name
Amen