Clarifying The Call of God
As we sipped our coffees at a local café, a student asked, “How do I know if that’s what God is calling me to?” On another occasion, sitting in my office, a different student said, “I’m just not sure if this is God’s call.” And during debrief time after a small group lesson, yet another student commented to the group, “God may call me back there one day, but for now I’m going to wait on him.” The call of God. “Calling,” for short. It’s a familiar topic of conversation and pastoral counsel for any youth minister—and a decision-debilitating question...