Crisis and Your Spiritual Calling

There is a misnomer that your spiritual calling fills you with bliss, peace, and divine guidance. This lie promises a peaceful light of God comes upon you, and, in a state of awe and heavenly ecstasy, God reveals your future path. I would challenge you to find this idyllic calling any place in the Bible. I guarantee you won’t find it.

Crisis precipitates spiritual callings. It can be a personal, family, or even national crisis; but a precipitating crisis appears to be a primary element of calling. You can find examples of this pattern in any biblical story in the Bible. Today we will look at the stories of Joseph and Peter to explore how crisis interacts with calling.