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Finding Your Calling through Passion

Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship • Aug 30, 2023 • 14 min

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Summary

Your calling is your customized purpose ordained by God to serve His kingdom with an eternal perspective. When you seek God's kingdom first in your daily work and life, He ignites your passion to impact others for eternity. Rather than being consumed by self-interest or material gain, believers are called to use their everyday platforms to offer lifeboats to a lost world.

Themes

Kingdom CallingPassion and PurposeEternal PerspectiveFaith in the MarketplaceSpiritual Stewardship

Key Points

1.
Calling is your customized purpose, ordained and equipped by God to service His kingdom with an eternal perspective.
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Most people fail to discover their calling because they are trapped in 'me-ism' and self-centered goals rather than prioritizing God.
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Matthew 6:33 commands believers to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, after which practical earthly needs will be provided.
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Every job or secular role can be supersized into a Kingdom platform to advance God's interests in history.
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Materialism is not about what you possess, but an attitude toward material things that produces independence from God.
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Believers who are saved must not become comfortable in their salvation while ignoring the drowning spiritual needs of people around them.
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God places internal fire and passion within every believer to overcome fear and lift them into their God-given destiny.

Sermon Moments

“Calling is your customized purpose for which you have been ordained and equipped to service the kingdom of God.”

“A church member defined his job as being a 'disciple of Jesus Christ disguised as a machine operator.'”

“The real tragedy of the Titanic was that two-thirds of the lifeboats were only partially full because the saved got comfortable and forgot others were drowning.”

“A computer technician working for Billy Graham recognized that keeping computers sharp was directly servicing eternity.”

“Like a space shuttle grounded by gravity, believers need the fire of God lit beneath them to overcome fear and soar into their calling.”

This Week

Examine your daily job or routine and identify ways to use it as a platform to promote God's kingdom interests.

Reevaluate your priorities this week to ensure you are seeking God's kingdom first before personal financial or material goals.

Reflect on strategic questions about your passions: ask yourself what truly captures your attention and dreams.

Shift your daily focus away from self-centered 'me-ism' toward actively serving and impacting others.

Look for opportunities in your community or workplace to provide spiritual 'lifeboats' for people in need.

Pray daily asking God, as your Firestarter, to ignite the spiritual passion and fire within your heart.

Refuse to let fear or past negative words hold you back from stepping into your God-ordained purpose.

Remember This

Your calling is discovered when you seek God's kingdom first and allow Him to ignite your passion to impact others for eternity.

A Challenge for You

Examine your passion, look deep down inside, and go to God daily asking Him to ignite your fire so that your calling can soar.

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