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I knew I had no intention to mow greens and fairways for my &quot;career.&quot; But for the nine summers I was a greenskeeper, I regarded it as my calling [from God] <em>for the time<\/em>. I was ordinarily one of the first to arrive and the last to leave; I routinely volunteered for the most unpleasant or demanding work; and I could run any piece of equipment in the shop, which made me a &quot;utility infielder&quot; for my [bosses].<\/p>\n\n<p>In my judgment, there is far too much Christian conversation about &quot;finding&quot; our calling, and too little about &quot;pursuing&quot; the one we have.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"template":"","tax_ctp_audience":[],"tax_ctp_authors":[],"tax_ctp_categories":[165],"tax_ctp_format":[171],"tax_ctp_illustration_types":[411],"tax_ctp_multimedia":[],"tax_ctp_point_editor":[],"tax_publications":[140],"tax_ctp_tags":[3408,3538,3546,3782,3858,3859,3909,3942,4264,4296,4331,4349,4533,4821,4999,5001,5247,5293],"tax_ctp_topics":[403],"class_list":["post-43783","sermon-illustrations","type-sermon-illustrations","status-publish","hentry","tax_publications-ct-pastors","tax_ctp_tags-ambition","tax_ctp_tags-calling","tax_ctp_tags-career","tax_ctp_tags-diligence","tax_ctp_tags-employee","tax_ctp_tags-employer","tax_ctp_tags-excellence","tax_ctp_tags-faithfulness","tax_ctp_tags-integrity","tax_ctp_tags-jobs","tax_ctp_tags-labor","tax_ctp_tags-laziness","tax_ctp_tags-negligence","tax_ctp_tags-responsibility","tax_ctp_tags-sloth","tax_ctp_tags-sluggards","tax_ctp_tags-vocation","tax_ctp_tags-work"],"acf":{"scripture_references":[{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Summer Job as Greenskeeper Is God&#039;s Calling &quot;for This Time&quot; - CT Pastors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/summer-job-as-greenskeeper-is-gods-calling-for-this-time\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Summer Job as Greenskeeper Is God&#039;s Calling &quot;for This Time&quot; - CT Pastors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"T. 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