* Searching for direction, purpose, and meaning in your life?
* Wondering how to discern God’s will for your life?

Many people are unhappy with who God made them to be and wish they were like someone else. They feel inadequate, always reaching for but never grasping that perfect image of themselves. They want to be smarter, taller, wittier, more attractive, quicker learners, more outgoing, more pious… If only they were born into the right family and background, in the right place and the right time, presented with the right set of circumstances to fulfill their full potential to do God’s work. Surely, many believe, God would like us to be like our Rabbi Yeshua, like Moses, like Paul, like that [fill in the blanks] person we so much admire. Does He?

I am not so sure this is the will of God. Granted, we can learn much from the lives of many virtuous individuals, but we could never be them or even be like them. We may try, but we will not succeed. This is because God wants us to be exactly who He created us to be. He wants us to be ourselves, because He didn’t make a mistake when He created us.   This brings me to the following Hasidic tale:

Rabbi Zusya of Anipol, a pious and revered sage, was lying on his deathbed, weeping. His students stood by him perplexed.  “Rabbi, why do you weep?” one of them ventured to ask, “Surely if anyone is assured a place in the kingdom of heaven, it is you!” The sage turned his head toward his beloved students and began to speak softly: “If, my children, when I stand before the heavenly court, I am asked ‘Zusya, why were you not a Moses?’ I shall have no hesitation in affirming, ‘I was not born a Moses.’” “If they ask me, ‘Why, then, were you not an Elijah?” I shall speak with confidence, ‘Neither am I Elijah.’” “I weep, friends, because there is only one question that I fear to be asked; ‘Why were you not a Zusya?’”

HaShem has a special and unique purpose and calling for your life. You need to prayerfully seek God and ask Him to help you to discern His special plan and calling for your life, and ask Him to give you the faith and courage to follow, wherever He leads you. You will be happiest and full of joy when you are in the middle of God’s will and plan.

How do I find my calling, Yes, I’ve heard over and over again many people who desire to know their place in the ministry asking  the same question over and over again “how do I know my calling? Which purpose am I to fulfill in this call?” all these are fundamental questions that needs answers by anyone who really wants to make a mark in live, living your calling.

So, what is the job which you have received from HaShem?  The first step is to discover and develop the spiritual gifts He has given you, that is, your abilities (1 Corinthians12:4-11). The key here is to get involved in HaShem’s work, and discern what you like to do, what you are good at, and what people recognize are your abilities. Develop through training, experience and time those God given abilities.

You must be faithful to what God has given to you, “Let a man regard us in this manner, as servants of Messiah, and stewards of the mysteries of God. In this case, moreover, it is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy” (1 Corinthians 4:1, 2).

Be faithful in the things He gives you to do, then when He finds that He can trust you, He will give you bigger things.

I believe each of us have been gifted by God to lean into the gifts and abilities He has given us. The purpose of your life is out there to be discovered. 

(Author Unknown)