“Our vocational calling emerges out of our relationship with God, so inevitably there is a dimension of mystery to it.” ~ Kevin & Kay Brennfleck, Live Your Calling
When God invites us to the vineyard of writing, it doesn’t really matter if it’s the morning, noon, or afternoon of our life. We may feel inadequate, ill-equipped, or just not ready. Remember, His call is, first and foremost, to Himself. Out of this vital, life-giving relationship, we begin to sense His purpose for us.
You’re in the vineyard now. Writing is your labor; the keyboard is your tool. As you surrender your fears, the Lord is undergirding you with Divine support, enabling you to write the truth in love.
Someone once said that “we cannot stay where we are and go with God at the same time.” Are we willing to labor by faith? To trust where He leads? To write in obscurity or give up frivolous hobbies to pursue this calling?
When grace invites us to write, it’s not a calling to self-fulfillment. It’s not about seeing our name in print. Neither can we write for Him, as we think we ought, but realize, instead, that we’re utterly dependent on the Holy Spirit to do a work through us. The right words and message are shaped from a life that’s intimate with His dealings.
Vocation: Latin for vocare, to call, and means the work a person is called to by God.
Praying we’ll come forward willingly, even sacrificially, to the vineyard of the scribe.
on July 4, 2009 - 11:57 pm
Your expressed it exactly. We are called to use our gifts in the service of our Lord. If He gifts us as writers, He calls us to use these gifts for Him; to bring Him honor and glory.
Karen Guthrie
http://www.myviewfrommywindow.blogspot.com
on July 5, 2009 - 12:01 am
Your words touch my heart tonight…… I sit here writing to a gal that wants to end her life.. I find that as I type an email back to her I hear words coming from deep within my spirit.. I know the awesome responsibility of each word that I type to this lady. I know that without the anointing of the Holy Spirit my words will be empty and without power.. I do not type out words to her lightly and without praying that the Father God minister life to her and not because of what I type but because HE trusts me with words of life that HE has spoken to me many times in my past when darkness wanted to encase me………
You are always an inspiration to me and you inspire me to go deeper with my desire to write…
on July 5, 2009 - 4:16 pm
Very timely piece for me. Thank you.
on July 6, 2009 - 2:41 pm
Thank you so much for this post. As I ponder God’s will for me, where I’m supposed to be in life now, I have to put my trust in Him to let my eyes be opened to the vocation He has chosen for me. Everyday I apply for jobs and think to myself there has to be more for me than this.
on July 6, 2009 - 8:23 pm
Thank you for these beautiful words!
on July 7, 2009 - 10:34 pm
I really needed to hear this today!!!
on July 9, 2009 - 10:31 am
I so struggle with write or go to a paying Job. Right now I am part time at both and not at all sure it is how I should be walking out this time in my life. So thanks for more food for thought.