Quiet Callings
Have you ever looked around at the people in your circle or the people on your timeline and felt like you weren’t doing enough? It can seem like everyone else is handling bigger responsibilities, taking on bigger projects, and making bigger moves. Meanwhile, you feel stuck doing the same small and menial tasks day in and day out.
Typically this kind of discontentment leads us to start chasing after other people. We start trying to do the things they do, trying to pursue the things they pursue, and trying to model our lives after theirs in an effort to attain the same level of significance or recognition that we perceive them to have.
Yet, we fail to consider a very important truth- We are unique individuals with unique callings. While some people are called to visibly larger platforms, have a visibly larger reach, or have visibly more notoriety, it doesn’t make their calling or their role more significant than your own. Just because your calling is quiet, doesn’t invalidate its significance.
The Bible tells us in Ephesians 2:10 that we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
This verse lets us know that God has already prepared good works for us that are specific to us. This means that there is no one else who can do what you’re called to do, in the manner you’ve been called to do it, reaching the people you’ve been called to, using your unique God-given talents and gifts.
Thus, the measure of significance when it comes to what we do for Christ isn’t the size or popularity of what we are doing. Rather, it’s our obedience to what we’ve been called to do.
So if being a homeschool parent is your call in this season, your obedience to that call is what matters. If being a corporate employee is your call in this season, your obedience to that call is what matters. If being a spiritual teacher is your call in this season, your obedience to that call is what matters.
No matter the size or the reach of our individual call, if we are operating in God’s will then it is good and we should find satisfaction in God being pleased with our obedience. Your impact and reach in the Kingdom of God are more deeply tied to being faithful to your calling than to being popular, visible, or publicly acknowledged.
What good is visibility, popularity, or notoriety if we aren’t doing the task God has given us? Are we seeking earthly acknowledgment or eternal rewards?
Seek to find peace and value in your calling by shifting your perspective on it. Instead of comparing it to the calling of others, keep your eyes on Christ. If you let Him affirm you, then you’ll find assurance and be able to walk out your calling with authority.
