Continuing my review of Ravi Zacharias' book The Grand Weaver. All entries can be found under the category 'Books'. If you're interested, you can order the book right here in the left panel. If you do, thanks for the business!
The third chapter of this book is entitled 'Your Calling Matters'. He begins the chapter with a great little superstition from the East: When a child is still a toddler the parent can predict their child's future. The place on a table within the child's reach a bottle of wine, a stack of money and a bible. If the child reaches for the bible, he will follow a spiritual vocation. If the child grabs the wine, a life of hedonism awaits. If the child grabs the money, success in business is assured. A story is told of a parent who puts this superstition to the test. He laid out the items on a table and watched as his son surveyed it all. He reached and picked up the bible. He tucked it under his arm and reached to grab the money. Then, with the other hand he reached over and grabbed the bottle of wine. He had all three! The little boys grandfather stood nearby. When he saw the dismay on his son's face he said, "Looks like the boy is destined to become a politician!"
Zacharias goes on to talk about our callings examining a number of stories from the beginning. Dwight Gooden is given as an example of a calling that began with tremendous promise and then crashed and burned - so there is a manner in which we need to discover the threads of our calling and follow them with excellence.
He delves into the manner in which the bible often evaluates a life - phrases like "He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord" and "He did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord", and so on. Very thought provoking. What will be said of me? You?
Ravi spends considerable time on the matter of our first calling - who we are in God and how important that 'thread' is to the overall picture God is crafting.
There's more to this chapter. I''ll probably post one more segment on it before I move on. Thoughts?
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Henry Blackaby said in his study "Experiencing God" that God's will for us is always a person and that person is Jesus. I like this idea of call. All our "calls" or visions from God can crash and burn but Jesus is The Way. I also like the verse "the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable." (Romans 11:29) To me it means even when we want to give up, God will not give up. He's placed his hand upon us and none may snatch us from His hand!
Posted by: Kathy R | January 31, 2008 at 07:48 PM