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Have you ever felt called to a purpose? I remember the exact moment I knew I was meant to be a writer. I was in my fifth-grade computer lab. A friend and I had finished our assignment early. \u201cLet\u2019s write a story,\u201d my friend said. It was as if a light had switched on. Not over my head. In my heart. I just knew this was what I was meant to do with my life. For years, I sensed there was something special about this moment. It was an inflection point. Recently I wondered\u2014could what I experienced have been the tug of a divine calling<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Examples abound in the Bible. Time and again, God calls upon people to take action. As when God called on Jonah to travel to Nineveh.<\/p>\n

Or how David was destined to become king. Or Esther being called to save the Jewish people. We can even find divine challenges in our history books. Florence Nightingale felt called by God to become a nurse. Sojourner Truth claimed a holy vision<\/a> inspired her fight for abolition and women\u2019s rights. These callings are more than messages from God. They are profound moments in which God shows us what we were put on this earth to do.<\/p>\n

But are divine callings reserved for people destined for greatness\u2014biblical figures, historical movers and shakers, visionaries and prophets\u2014or are they something that normal people, people like me, can experience? Experts on the topic insist that divine callings are accessible to all of us. Gregg Levoy, author of Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life<\/i>, says the first thing we need to understand is the difference between a calling and a job. \u201cWe often mix up these ideas,\u201d he says. Though our job can be our calling\u2014and is for many people\u2014a calling can also be different. In his book, Levoy shares the story of a man who runs a coffee company but whose calling is abstract painting. The man continues his job and follows his calling simultaneously. For most of us, a career is a vital part of our life, but figuring out our divine calling is often different. \u201cThe big question<\/a> we should be asking ourselves isn\u2019t \u2018What should I do?\u2019\u201d Levoy says. \u201cWe should be asking, \u2018Who am I?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

A divine calling can be experienced in many ways. It can come in the form of a sign, a dream, a vision, a message, a feeling or a combination of these things. The biggest indicator that you\u2019ve experienced a divine calling is that it makes itself known. It is insistent, the way only God can be insistent, and will keep coming up if we ignore it. This is something that Levoy discovered in hundreds of interviews with people who had found their callings. \u201cCallings will get our attention through different channels,\u201d Levoy says. \u201cThey\u2019ll pop up in our day-to-day, in a book we\u2019re reading, in our conversations, even in our dreams. True callings won\u2019t be ignored.\u201d More than anything, though, Levoy\u2019s interview subjects reported a feeling of certainty, of knowing. Their calling was something that felt right to them on a deep and intrinsic level.<\/p>\n

Just as I felt that day in the computer lab. I couldn\u2019t explain it. It was like an otherworldly awareness. This was also the case for Stephanie Wellington, a physician I spoke to, who works in the neonatal intensive care unit at North Central Bronx Hospital in New York, caring for premature and severely ill newborns. \u201cIt can be a hard place to work,\u201d Dr. Wellington says, \u201cbut I simply couldn\u2019t imagine being anything else. I just remembered a knowing<\/i>.\u201d In other words, her calling was a fact of her life.<\/p>\n

However, just because a divine calling feels right doesn\u2019t mean that heeding it comes without struggle. In fact, Levoy says, doubt and even fear are a natural part of the process. \u201cIf a call feels safe and easy, it might not be true,\u201d Levoy says. \u201cIf it scares you, you might be getting close to something vital.\u201d True callings can be overwhelming, inconvenient and difficult. They pull us out of our comfort zones and demand sacrifices. Levoy says a calling isn\u2019t meant to lead you to your most comfortable and secure life. The process is meant to help you discover the deepest sense of who you are. \u201cIn following a calling, you must hold the tension between doubt and faith at the same time,\u201d Levoy says. \u201cCallings ask us to leave the familiar, but faith gives us the courage<\/a> to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n

This balance between doubt and faith is a dynamic Dr. Wellington has experienced. Working in a hospital\u2019s NICU can be draining, even to the point of emotional and spiritual exhaustion. Taking time to pray and meditate helps. \u201cI will spend time to pray, to ask if this is what I\u2019m supposed to be doing,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd I\u2019m able to tap back into that energy, that higher feeling of doing what I\u2019m supposed to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spiritually checking in also helped me. Becoming a writer required me to quit a stable job, move to a new state and start my life over. There were many lonely nights I spent in a new city, lying in bed in a tiny apartment, wondering if I was really doing the right thing. In those moments, when things were hard and I wanted nothing more than to call it quits, I\u2019d reflect on that day in fifth grade. That intense feeling of knowing. It still resonated with me. I knew I had to continue.<\/p>\n

Faith in God\u2019s plan<\/a> is especially important when the path to achieving a divine calling is long and indirect. Or when the calling doesn\u2019t seem to make sense in the moment. Take Adam Peacocke, a preacher from Santa Rosa, California. After 15 years of preaching to the same congregation, Adam sensed he was being called away from the pulpit. \u201cI felt what I can only call a burning in my heart,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd then God gave me a succinct and direct message. \u2018Adam, I have a change for you.\u2019\u201d It seemed crazy. How could he better serve God than preaching? The call was so strong, though, he could not ignore it. \u201cI knew God was asking me to take a risk,\u201d Adam says. \u201cAnd over the years, I\u2019ve tried to learn to discern God\u2019s will.\u201d He resigned and turned his energies toward founding a nonprofit intended to facilitate communication and connection between all the churches in Sonoma County. It was hard work, and many of the pastors involved weren\u2019t sure it could be sustainable; Adam had doubts too. Then the Sonoma County wildfires broke out. Using his resources and contacts, Adam brought together local pastors. Out of this grew a massive project to help those who had been displaced. Because of the work Adam had done before the wildfires, the community was prepared. \u201cThe initial journey felt messy, but I understand what God was saying to me now,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

The fullness of God\u2019s plan took a while to unfold for another pastor I spoke with, Pastor Dion Todd of Conway, South Carolina. During his twenties, Dion felt called to a life in ministry. After he completed Bible college and became ordained, however, he couldn\u2019t secure a job in the field. Disappointed, he went into computers. Not exactly a calling. Still, he enjoyed it. Seventeen years in, his computer business went bust. His desire to work in ministry had never gone away; it just hadn\u2019t felt like the right time to pursue it\u2014until that moment, as if God were tapping him on the shoulder. He began the job search and found a posting for a creative arts pastor right in his town. They needed someone ordained who also had experience with computers. Dion now runs an online ministry through the church<\/a> that connects with people who are homebound or have disabilities. \u201cThere\u2019s no way I could do what we do today without the time I spent working in technology,\u201d Dion says.<\/p>\n

Having the courage and the faith to say yes to a divine calling doesn\u2019t just help us\u2014it helps the people around us as well. Dion\u2019s calling brought him to a place where he could spiritually connect people through technology. Adam\u2019s calling helped him aid his community during and after a devastating fire. Dr. Wellington\u2019s calling has led her to care for many patients and their families. And my calling led me here, to tell their stories.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, all callings really are service calls,\u201d Levoy says. \u201cThey will expand your whole frame of reference in the world.\u201d That\u2019s because heeding a divine calling brings us to our life\u2019s purpose and shows us that we are all a part of a bigger plan.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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