A Prayer about Understanding Our Calling

Do you know that you are called?

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 1 Peter 2:9

Wise Father,

We confess, we too rarely think about our calling as Christians. 

Or if we do think about it, 

we think in terms of what occupation 

you have called us to do. 

And yet, time after time in Scripture, 

you make it clear that you have called us 

to be a people, 

your people. 

You have called us from darkness 

into “marvelous light,” 

the light of “eternal glory” (See 1 Peter 5:10). 

You have called us by your grace (2 Tim. 1:9), 

and you have called us according to your purpose (Rom. 8:28). 

You have called us upward, 

to glorify you (Phil. 3:14) 

and outward, to “proclaim the excellencies of him who called us” (Jesus). 

And yes, you have given us particular gifts 

to serve you and to further the work of your kingdom. 

Help us to live our days knowing our certain calling: 

to enjoy you and glorify you — 

wherever we are 

with whomever you place us 

in whatever way gives you the most glory. 

In the name of the one who called us to be your disciples — Jesus.

Amen.

Read 1 Peter 2:9, 2 Timothy 1:9, Ephesians 4:1, Phil. 3:14, 1 Thessalonians 2:12.