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Cultural callings 5Work, vocation and calling
23 Listen and hear my voice; pay attention and hear what I say.
24 When a farmer ploughs for planting, does he plough continually? Does he keep on breaking up and harrowing the soil?
25 When he has levelled the surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cummin? Does he not plant wheat in its place, barley in its plot, and spelt in its field?
26 His God instructs him and teaches him the right way.
27 Caraway is not threshed with a sledge, nor is a cartwheel rolled over cummin; caraway is beaten out with a rod, and cummin with a stick.
28 Grain must be ground to make bread; so one does not go on threshing it forever. Though he drives the wheels of his threshing cart over it, his horses do not grind it.
29 All this also comes from the LORD Almighty, wonderful in counsel and magnificent in wisdom.
Isaiah 28
What has God said?
What have others said?
What are your:
Gifts and talents
Passions
Interests
Burdens
Experiences
Opportunities
Identifying your calling
Sometimes God equips the called, rather than call the equipped
Work
For discussion: how do these terms relate?
CareerToil
CallingVocation
Employment
Job
Spirituality
Only clergy have a calling
Some occupations are more spiritual than others
A calling is for life
A non-Christian can have a calling
Unemployment is a curse
Our calling can change
The need doesn’t constitute a call
A calling is something we don’t want to do
Not all Christians have a calling
Work is the result of the fall
Work, vocation and callings Look at these statements. Do you think each one is always true, sometimes true, false or not sure?
Some callings are more important than others
Work is a calling
Work is a necessary evil
God works
There will be work on the new heaven and earth
Some jobs are more worthwhile than others
Retirement is a blessing
All of life is spiritual
Everyone has a calling
What to do in a soul-deadening job?
What to do in a soul-deadening job?
What to do in a soul-deadening job?
Passion
What to do in a soul-deadening job?
Passion
Purpose
What to do in a soul-deadening job?
Passion
Purpose
“Profit”
What if I don’t fit in at work?
What if I don’t fit in at work?
What do I do when I see unethical behaviour at work ?
