Cultural Callings: a word from God

We are all called...If God calls us he will also equip us.

This study takes a look at what God might have to say
to us regarding non-church activities.

Nothing matter but the kingdom. But because of the kingdom everything
matters.
Gordon Spykman

Where do you draw the Prophets, farmers and words from God (Is 28)...
line? 23 Listen and hear my voice;
pay attention and hear what I say.
Look at these aspects of
24 When a farmer plows for planting, does he plow continually?
society/ life: Does he keep on breaking up and harrowing the soil?
church 25 When he has leveled the surface,
does he not sow caraway and scatter cummin?
family Does he not plant wheat in its place, [
barley in its plot,
politics and spelt in its field?
business 26 His God instructs him
art and teaches him the right way.

education
journalism Is God silent?
Is there any area of life that God is not concerned with?
thought
Is there any area his kingdom does not reach?
emotion What about your life? Are there any areas where the kingdom
animals does not reach?
plants
How does God instruct the farmer? How can he instruct us in
rocks our work?
Which of these are spiritual and What steps can you take to hear God about your daily tasks?
which are not? Where would you How will this affect what you do next week/ at work and/ or at
draw the line between spiritual and
home?
secular? Why?

Culture is in essence the outcome
of human obedience or disobedi-
ence to the original creational
mandate to ‘till and keep’.
What is God’s word for your area
of work?
‘To be a cultural being is, quite
simply, to be human’ Walsh and
Middleton
Try to think of two or three things you can do and share them
with the group and be accountable to the group to follow them
trough. It might be to walk across the room, it might be to pray
about how you are doing things, it might be to think through what it
means to be a Christian in your particular area of work/life, it might
be to get together with others who work in similar areas / situations
to yourself to seek God to find out what God is saying, it might be ...
Where is God in your daily life? In your work or in your play?
How can we be more aware of him and what he is doing?
How can the other members of the group help?