Purpose & Calling Devotionals

God isn't looking at your ability. He's looking at your availability.

God isn't looking at your ability. He's looking at your availability. He'll supply the rest.

I told everyone there was one city I would never plant a church in: Dallas-Fort Worth. God has a sense of humor. Thirty families in a rented office asked Lisa and me to come, and everything in me said run. We stayed. Moses argued with God for two chapters before he said yes, so you're in good company if you're scared of what you're called to.

These devotionals on purpose and calling are for the person who doesn't know what they're supposed to do with their life, and the one who knows and is scared of it. Before you're called to a career, you're called to reach up, reach out, and reach in.

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A Life Re-Centered

Matthew 6:33

Matthew 6:33 calls us to seek God’s kingdom first, reminding us that a centered life begins not with striving, but with surrender and alignment to His presence and priorities. As we step into a new year, the invitation is to reorder our hearts around Jesus—letting Him be the foundation from which everything else flows.

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Am I Successful?

Colossians 2:9-10

Let's look at this “success concept” using a popular movie as a starting point. Have you ever seen t

Questions

How long is each devotional?

About five minutes. One passage, a short reflection from Ed, and one thing to do or say that day.

I don't know what I'm called to do. Is that a problem?

Then you're the person these were written for. Ed says God isn't looking at your ability, He's looking at your availability. The passages here start there.

Is my calling the same as my career?

Scripture says the calling comes before the job title. Before you're called to a career, you're called to reach up, reach out, and reach in. These devotionals unpack all three.