Do we enjoy our work, love our work, virtually worship our work so that our devotion to Jesus is off center? Do we put our emphasis on service, or usefulness, or being productive in working for God -- at His expense? Do we strive to prove our own significance? To make a difference in the world. To carve our names in marble on the munuments of time?
The call of God blocks the path of all such deeply human tendencies. We are not primarily called to do something or go somewhere; we are called to Someone. We are not called first to special work but to God. the key to answering the call is to be devoted to no one and nothing but God himself. As Chambers says, "The men and women our Lord sends out on His enterprises are the ordinary human stuff, plus dominating devotion to Himself wrought by the Holy Spirit. The most frequent phrase in his writings: "Be absolutely His."
- Os Guinness in The Call
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