Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Job vs Calling
Obligation vs Passion
Which should we follow? A calling from God is impossible to resist, but in this cynical world that we live in where jobs, money and material are so vital to survival, how can we neglect the former to follow the latter? Often we are asked to imagine life without a cellphone, or a computer, or internet, and already in our minds we can see our world going into chaos. Then, we imagine life without God. Do you see much chaos there? Will the mobile network suddenly fail without God, or the internet shutdown for lack of religion?
Then we have our obligations. Obligation to our family, our friends, ourselves. The time and money invested in getting this far, we look back and wonder what would happen if we chose a path that few took. A path without much prospect of job opportunities, or a high income, a path filled with uncertainty and doubt. But we argue that it's our passion. A passion for the people, a passion for the poor, the lost, the disabled, Oh how so noble we sound. Then wave after wave of "concerned" people take their turn to throw arguments our way...our passion.
Won't we feel like we're letting the people who put us here down if we chose the latter? Or have we been so influenced by the world, a world where people depend more on technology than on God, that suddenly such passions seem meaningless. A calling from God...Or a fantasy of our mind?
Dan
10:30 am
