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How do you currently encourage your students to find their God-given calling?
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Discussions of how they will integrate into the workforce. How will they contribute to society, how will they use their talents? These are questions that are used to foster conversations. Success can come just by being and doing. We all must do somethings we don’t like and that is okay. We can be good at somethings and have no interest in doing them. Being a Godly Contributer to and in society is a must, being a resentful and ungrateful taker in society is not Godly. The path God has for us may be together one moment and separated until the Kingdom is completed in eternity. Regardless of who or where we are, we must shine, as if Christ was our boss. We must do all unto the Glory of God, be the best trash collector we can be, if that is how we are called.
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I have counseled with many, many students about this through the years. It always begins with prayer, then discernment around a few areas of interest. I encourage students to keep a prayer journal as they pray through next steps and their ultimate calling. I also encourage them not to worry about seeing the whole picture yet–it is ok to discern just the next season.
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I encourage students to develop their gifts by recognizing their achievements and drawing attention to their capabilities and potential.
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I love this question, because I am so passionate about discussing students’ futures from a biblical perspective. I never ask my own children or my students what they want to be when they grow up. Rather, I believe it is important to ask them about what gifts/abilities God has given them to use in the future. In some cases, what students want to do after graduating doesn’t fit their God-given abilities. This could greatly increase their frustration and difficulty in accomplishing their career goals. I believe it is important to highlight the fact that God has a specific purpose and calling for each student. Consistent time in God’s word and in prayers will inevitably lead them in the way of God’s will.
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In my current setting, I work with adults. We attend to our stories from a biblical perspective and take prayerful inventory of what God has entrusted to us (written into our stories) and how that may be preparation for the work He’s appointed to us.
