While in East Asia I finished a great book that I have wanted to read for a while now. It is called The Call by Os Guinness. I recommend this as a thorough resource for those called to vocational ministry, business, politics, the arts, etc. I appreciate how he says that the call is first to Someone - God. The secondary call of what we do with our life then overflows from the primary call to be God's. I felt that Guinness’ simple yet profound call to dying to self, stewardship, humility, community and worship are a breath of fresh air with the slew of self-help and purpose books out there.
His thesis is simply that “calling is the truth that God calls us to himself so decisively that everything we are, everything we do, and everything we have is invested with a special devotion and dynamism lived out as a response to his summons and service.” This book gives good perspective for anyone who wants to see our whole life in light of the call of God.
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