A High Calling

When God indicated that Dr. Gary Thorn, Bethel Minister of Music, and Jim Weaver, Bethel Super Volunteer, had high callings, this is probably not what God had in mind.

Beautifying the Bethel gathering space, the two (barely visible in these pictures because of the bright light streaming in from the skylights) stand high on a lift.  All churches are eternally grateful for the many volunteers that serve in the name of Christ.

Do you have a high calling?  Maybe that is literal.  Bethel has a firefighter who has done very high work for us.  More so, he uses those skills in his position as a firefighter.  Do you believe that God calls people to positions of service in fire departments, police departments, military, and emergency services?

Do you have a high calling?  It used to be common to say, "Oh, I don't have a job--I just stay home with the kids."  Sometimes yet today people are apologetic for investing their time in their homes and families.  Is there a higher calling?  Whatever time you devote to relationships and home is time well spent.  (I don't necessarily include time reading blogs or FaceBook.  That can be done anywhere, anytime.  I refer specifically to building up the home.)

Maybe your calling is to teach or heal.  Maybe it is to listen.  Maybe your calling is cooking or delivering pizzas.  Maybe it is to deliver babies.

You are not in this world by accident.  You have a calling, no matter your station in life.  I used to visit a woman in the nursing home--she spent a total of 45 years in the nursing.  While she seemed disabled in every way, she prayed for every member of a 350 person congregation every day--by name.  She couldn't cook or wash floors, but she could pray.  It was her calling.

Do you have a high calling?  You do.  Your first calling is a child of God.  After that you have been gifts to serve God, God's people, and God's creation.  Maybe you have even been called to stand on a lift to beautify a house of worship!