How to find your calling

At GYC 2018:

2023 Bible studies

760 Baptisms

1934 Service and Mission opportunities

At GYC 2018:

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> 3276 Refugee doors knocked on

622+ new Bible study interests in Houston

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19,643 Glow distributed

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“Finding God’s calling for your life is a journey not a destination”

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My calling

My calling

Gods plans are bigger than mine

Unbelief

He prepares us

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I hesitate to talk about my calling only because when people hear about God’s calling for someone for a purpose, they often think it only applies to a Pastor, however that is not the only occupation, or position that God calls His people.

The reality is God has a calling specifically for you

Mr. Park

Karin

Have you ever found it hard to identify God’s calling for your life?

I believe the same was true for Joseph

and as we look at his life, God gives insight to us how Gos was leading Joseph to his clling

“Finding God’s calling for our life is a journey not a destination”

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(The Tunics represent different periods)

Vs 1-2

Joseph was young

He had a desire to follow what was right

Vs. 3-4

Joseph had some challenges growing up - Spoiled - Brother hated him - and were soon to sell him into slavery

Patriarchs and Prophets Chapter 19—The Return to Canaan

There was one, however, of a widely different character—the elder son of Rachel, Joseph, whose rare personal beauty seemed but to reflect an inward beauty of mind and heart. Pure, active, and joyous, the lad gave evidence also of moral earnestness and firmness. He listened to his father’s instructions, and loved to obey God. The qualities that afterward distinguished him in Egypt—gentleness, fidelity, and truthfulness—were already manifest in his daily life. His mother being dead, his affections clung the more closely to the father, and Jacob’s heart was bound up in this child of his old age. He “loved Joseph more than all his children.”

But even this affection was to become a cause of trouble and sorrow. Jacob unwisely manifested his preference for Joseph, and this excited the jealousy of his other sons. As Joseph witnessed the evil conduct of his brothers, he was greatly troubled; he ventured gently to remonstrate with them, but only aroused still further their hatred and resentment. He could not endure to see them sinning against God, and he laid the matter before his father, hoping that his authority might lead them to reform.

Vs. 5-8

Joseph begins to have dreams that he doesn't yet understand, but those around him did

Vs. 9-11

Same thing his father begins to recognize

With the multitude of counselors there is saftey

Spiritual Gifts, Volume 3 Chapter 15—Joseph and His Brethren

Joseph listened to his father’s instructions, and feared the Lord

With the multitude of counselors there is safety

Vs. 12-13

Be ready to serve

Vs. 14 on

Don’t let challenge keep you from God’s calling for your life

He is able to take the tragedy and turn it into triumph

Genesis 37:31–32 NKJV

So they took Joseph’s tunic, killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the tunic in the blood. Then they sent the tunic of many colors, and they brought it to their father and said, “We have found this. Do you know whether it is your son’s tunic or not?”

Revelation 19:13 NKJV

He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.

Whatever we are faced with we have the King of the universe on our side

Acts 7:9 NKJV

“And the patriarchs, becoming envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him

Acts

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So what does this have to do with you?

Seek God’s calling for your life

Perhaps you have just been doing your own thing without seeking God’s will

or maybe you have run away from God’s calling in your life

or maybe you have been following God’s calling but you haven’t allowed Him to grow you in your journey

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Imagine how God could work through all of us together as His body as we all seek His calling for our lives?

Do not settle for anything less than God’s call