Comfortable in our fit we will be able to offer genuine service (following the example of Jesus) to the world that God made. Our role will be mainly dictated by how our strengths fit the needs we identify around us. In our SoulPurpose our plans will be connected into God’s plans, so that we are part of his wider purposes. The absence of some or all of these components seems to us the reason most people struggle to experience a strong sense of destiny and significance. We’ve identified them as Connection, Fit, Service, Balance and Encouragement. In order to grow and maintain a clear sense of SoulPurpose for yourself, we believe you need five particular components in your life. Inevitably the types of work, leisure and relationships we are engaged in will change from time to time.
This is where our identity lies – not in any particular job or career. At the very core of this is our relationship with God. We’re talking about something that gives cohesion to the whole of our lives – the peculiar mix of paid and unpaid work we each do, as well as the relationships we develop and the whole range of activities and interests that are us. Our calling is all about the very reason we were made by God. Unfortunately, in Christian circles the word “calling” has come to be misunderstood, and often applied only to our God’s call to us goes vastly beyond that.ĭiscovering your SoulPurpose means more than just finding the one perfect job that fits you best. How do we hold together all the mad complexity of what we’re involved in? The key is the biblical concept of “calling”. As far as God is concerned, we all have real intrinsic worth.
First and foremost, he values us simply for being us. Clearly he rates us astonishingly highly – and that high regard is quite independent of anything we might do or achieve. The fact that God desires us to know him intimately must be a cause for great optimism and hope. To share a relationship with him – and with others. Before all else, the call of Jesus is to follow him. God’s calling is not simply to work in a particular job or profession. Called us! This is our destiny – to discover how we can turn God’s purpose for us into a reality, in the way we live and work. That’s why there is a yearning in our hearts to live significantly. And anyway, where would we begin? Our day-to-day jobs seem mundane, meaningless and disconnected. Yet this is not how God intended it to be. It’s often hard enough finding time and energy just for that. The daily challenge – and the daily drudgery – more than fill up our day, thank you. But for the rest of us, stuck firmly in everyday life, there are no such paths to glory. Frustratingly we end up thinking that this level of meaning and significance is simply the preserve of a fortunate few heroes who may have “seized the moment” and lived out what they were made for. Human beings want – we need – our lives to count for something.
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