How do you know what God is calling you to do?

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How do you know what God is calling you to do? When I was little, I thought God was calling me one day to be a famous singer and dancer. And then a month later I started to get into basketball and thought maybe God's calling me to be a basketball player. Then someone told me I was good at acting, so I thought maybe I'm called to be in movies. With so many options, how do you know what God is calling you to do? Well, God led me on a journey to learn three ways to understand what he's calling us to do. And it starts with this Bible verse. Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. I was thinking years into the future, God, what are you calling me to do then? And I felt like he was telling me, focus on what I'm calling you to do today, right now. Then he showed me the three ways to know what that is and they all start with the letter R. The first way to know what God is calling us to do right now is by focusing on relationship. Jesus said, love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. So, what does that actually mean? God's calling on our life today and every day will always be anchored in that relationship with him. If we don't spend time talking to God in prayer, sharing what we're thinking and feeling, and then also reading his words through the Bible, how are we going to know him when he's calling us to do something? The second way to know what God is calling us to do today is found in this verse. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you'll be able to test and approve what God's will is, his good, pleasing, and perfect will. The second R is renew. You know, my daughter is 5 years old. She's growing very quickly, but recently she started coming home from school talking like a baby. Because that's what other people at school were doing, conforming to the patterns of the world. We told her as you're maturing, you can choose not to do that. Grow into the person that God is calling you to be. There are some things in our life we picked up from the world around us that God wants to set us free from. So, sometimes what God will call us to do today will be to renew our minds. For example, breaking out of old habits, releasing toxic relationships, renewing our mind to do the things that God is asking us to do in the Bible. See how the relationship part is important? Because it's all preparation. What God is calling us to do years from now is tied to the renewing of our mind that he's asking us to do today. So, what God's calling us to do is rooted in relationship, in renewing our mind, and the final R we learn from Genesis 12:1. The Lord said to Abram, "Go from your country, your people, your father's household to the land I will show you." So, knowing what God's calling us to do today is rooted in relationship, in renewing our mind, and in responding. God said, "Go to the land I will show you." And in the response, he tells Abram good things will come from it. I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you. I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. Good things will come from it. And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. By loving God through relationship, renewing our mind daily, and responding even when we don't know the details, we will be fulfilling what God is calling us to do today. Let me know how I can be praying for you today, friends. God bless.