"I am happy with what I am doing, and I can see myself doing this indefinitely on into the future; for the rest of my life if necessary, unless the Lord changes it."

Unless the Lord gives you something extra, you are happy with where you are right now and you can continue to do that.

Many people never find that place. They are always striving to find an elusive goal and discover what their calling and ministry is.

So they sit and wait, as I did, for a prophet to come and prophesy over them and tell them what they are called to do. They want the Prophet to say to them,

"Thus says the Lord, I have called you to be a Pastor."

They go and do their full pastoral training and become qualified as a pastor. Then they must come and learn to do the work of the ministry.

No, that is the wrong way. That is why most of the time God will not tell you what your final calling is. He will lead you a step at a time and He will say,

"Let's try you out on something. Here is a broom and there is a bucket. Go and wash the floor."

Oh dear, you thought that you were called to be the Managing Director. Perhaps you are, but you are not ready to step into his office yet.

So start where you are. Take the opportunities that are available and begin with the lower ministries. Earnestly desire spiritual gifts and follow after love. Put into practice everything you have learned, and continue to learn as much as you can.

Get into the Word and take study courses, then get out there and put into practice what you have learned. Do this until your ministry becomes wide and varied. You will find that after a while it starts to change.

My Personal Experience

I remember that when I first started out I didn't know what God had called me to be. I was looking at my own life experience, and I always had a compassion for people who had gone through the same problems I had in life.

I came to a brilliant conclusion and said,

"God had called me to help people with problems."

What a great revelation. Since my life had been filled with problems, obviously God had called me to help people with problems.

The very first full-time ministry I ever had, I told the Lord,

"Give me a church that has people with problems in it."

What a silly thing to ask for. I got the worst church in the country and it nearly killed me. I was not ready for it.

Previously, I had discovered all about demons and how to do deliverance. I knew then that God had called me to a deliverance ministry.

But every time I tried to cast demons out of people they got upset. The Pastor became upset because the church was becoming too demon conscious, and I caused a big problem.

All I was trying to do was fulfill my 'calling'.

Then I began to study the Word and it came to life. I found myself wanting to just teach the Word.

Now I was confused and I argued with the Lord. It did not make sense, because if I was called to a deliverance ministry, then why was I now doing teaching.

That was many years ago, and I found out eventually that I was called to something far higher than just being a teacher.

It took me many years to find the place where I am right now. In fact it is only recently that I came to the place where I am settling down and finally know what my calling is.

So do not feel bad if you don't know what your calling is. Get involved in whatever ministry God gives you. Let the passion that burns in you just flow out into practical ministry, helping and ministering to others.

Do It This Way

Prepare yourself; learn as much as you can. Submit yourself to those who mentor you and train you. Find yourself a spiritual parent and say,

"I would like to become like that person."

Start with that as your first goal. You might find that when you reach that goal you have found your calling. Or the Lord may take you higher and bring in a different spiritual parent. That can also happen.

Whatever the case, ministry is really simple. There is nothing difficult about it. It is simply learning to flow out to others with all that God has given you.

Continue doing this until you find that 'spiritual career', where you have finally found your place in life. Then you can say comfortably,

"I've got it. I know what my ministry calling is now, and I'm going to do this the best that I can, for as long as I live, or until Jesus comes."

You will then be in a position to be very effective for the Kingdom of God.

While you are in that position, we are offering you all of the resources that you need, and many trainings that you will need. We will be there to mentor you, and in time, to offer spiritual parenting when God brings people together.

You will come finally that place of Identifying Your Ministry Calling.

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