Josh Conn

Your Calling Trumps Your Feelings

// May 6th, 2010 // 90 Day Challenge

I am amazed at God’s plans for us and his persistent faithfulness.  Take this example.

This guy named Abram was seventy-five years old (Genesis 12:4) when he left Haran for the land that God had called him to at Canaan.  God’s promise to Abram was to make him the father of a great nation.  Twenty four years later, when Abram was 99 years old (Genesis 17:1), God renewed his promise, changed Abram’s name to Abraham, and gave him a covenant son through whom the promise was fulfilled.

Twenty four years! After nearly two and a half decades since the original promise… after war, deceiving Pharaoh, losing his family, fathering a child out of wedlock… do you think Abram felt like quitting?  I think so.  But I also think Abram knew his calling and never lost sight of God’s promise.

Do not ever let your feelings distract you from your calling. Doing only what you feel like is the sign of an immature Christ follower.  Learning to yield your feelings to trust is where commitment begins.  So the great question is this:

“Where and what are you called to?”

Before you can trust, you need to know your calling.  And if you have no idea, you need to take time away, fast, and pray as if there were no tomorrow… because your life is short, and your calling is brilliant.  Don’t waste any more time.  Don’t be distracted by your feelings.  Follow your calling.  He won’t let you down.