Career Path
Theme of the Week: From Career to Calling
Ray Pritchard
Friday, September 8, 2006
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Key Bible Verse: Are you seeking great things for yourself? Don't! (Jeremiah 45:5). Bonus Reading:Jeremiah 1:4-10
Too often we make our career decisions strictly based on salary, benefits, position, influence, and titles. But Jesus warned that you can have all those things and still lose your soul. The question isn't, what are you doing for a living? The deeper issue is, what are you doing with your life? Why did God put you here on the earth? We need to move beyond a career orientation to a mission focus.
A friend took me out to lunch to share what God was doing in his life. He's worked for about ten years as a business consultant with multinational corporations in England, Brazil, and Italy. Now he's starting his own consulting firm in the Midwest. "If you're happy and productive in your current job," he remarked, "the only reason to take a promotion is to leverage your position for the Kingdom of God."
That's a tremendous insight. Don't just climb the ladder to get to the top. Use the higher position to impact the world for Jesus Christ. Realize that God has put you where you are "for just such a time as this" (Esther 4:14). Understand that behind every open door stands the Lord God who rules heaven and earth. What a huge difference it makes to see all of life as belonging to Him!
—Ray Pritchard in The Incredible Journey of Faith
My Response: Shifting from a career to a mission focus would involve …
Thought to Apply: Life is not just a few years to spend on self-indulgence and career advancement. It is a privilege, a responsibility, a stewardship to be lived according to a much higher calling, God's calling.—ELIZABETH DOLE
Adapted from The Incredible Journey of Faith (Crossway, 2005) by permission.
Copyright © 2006 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.
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Lord, let me know clearly the work You are calling me to do in life. And grant me the courage, love, and lasting dedication to answer Your call. —Saint Meinrad
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