A calling is our purpose in life, or our duty that is supposed to be fulfilled in our lives. A calling is used with our passions and out identities, we use our passions and identities to do what we are called to do. As Christians our calling is to make disciples wherever we go and to love God and others. Our identity as Christians and sons and daughters of Christ, helps us know our calling (as we read in the word of God for it). Our passions give us an opportunity to do so. There will be people in this world with the same passions (unless it's really weird and bizarre). You can meet new people from your passions and make disciples there.
As mentioned earlier our calling as Christians in the secular world is to make disciples wherever you go and to love God and others. I am living this out by trying to be loving and kind to everyone around me and to be positive in the most terrible circumstances, but hoping that someone sees that, not for attention or anything, like ooooohhh look at me , but that someone may see God's love through what i'm doing and become disciples by that.
How will people be able to discern between simply a "nice guy" and a person who is trying to fulfill the Great Commission in Christ's name?
ReplyDeleteI think it can be seen through other aspects like the words you speak and how you respond to certain things. Sometimes people will ask, "Why are you so nice?" and a lot of the time they assume that i'm religious because it looks like it's out of morals, which can be an open door for a conversation. But there is definitely a difference between man's way of kindness and God's way of kindness. I feel as if people are driven differently that there's going to be different outcomes of what they do.
ReplyDeleteYou said that your actions can lead to conversations. Is it better to use Christian jargon to them or no?
ReplyDeleteSo sorry for the late reply, Alice lol.. but maybe not at first hahaha because i feel like it's a bit too forward. Maybe just asking simple stuff first so that i can transition to a deeper conversation.
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