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An interesting thing about Vocations 4Life is that the participants have the final say in the way they apply the course to themselves and to others.
I had been studying to be a high school teacher for several years but had been met with intense frustration. I thought I was up to the intellectual challenge of an Education degree and had ample enthusiasm to engage a career as a teacher, yet I felt deflated and drained when it came to the drudgery of doing assignments beyond the norm. Sometimes I would push myself and gain distinctions for assignments, yet inexplicably at other times I felt it too taxing to finish others - and consequently failed subjects I was getting distinctions for. I was at a loss to explain why it was so difficult for me to be successful. Was I lacking commitment or motivation? Or was I just lazy? I was racking up significant debt and approaching depression. It was in this setting that I did Vocations 4 Life and it provided me with the first explanation as to why I struggled so much. Teaching as a vocation grace motivation was my lowest score! I also found out why I had thought teaching was for me. I scored highly as an exhorter and encourager to people, closely resembling a teaching setting. Also I had always been gifted in worship, music and song, and had thought that this would be my primary field in ministry but the course also confirmed a prophetic edge and power gifting which I had been reluctant to recognize. I now actively develop this potential in me and I have an excitement about the future which I haven't had since my conversion. I am now embracing the new me and looking forward to seeing how my unique contribution to the kingdom of God works out in my life.
Chris (Brisbane) |