So here we are we're in Romans chapter one and we're going to start in verse six

So we're just doing our verse by verse study of the book of Romans. This is a slow

Methodical study. We're trying to get as much as we can out of the text itself.

This isn't where I just try to use the text to preach whatever I feel like but rather to

try to really like get as much as we can out of the word of God that's there for us.

So in verses 1 through 5, Paul talked about his calling.

I'm Paul, I'm a Bond Servant of Christ.

I am called to be an apostle, and then in verse six he mentions

among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ. You're called too. You have a calling too. Now Paul was called and we see it and we

naturally celebrate his calling. He's an apostle. Like whoa, this is big, big stuff. I I mean many of us wouldn't even want to be in that role because we just feel like we'd blow it

I don't know that I would do as good as Paul, you know as far as faithfulness to the Lord and I hope I would but I certainly wouldn't presume it.

And so then we wonder what about me? What's my calling? What's my calling? What am I called to do?

Can I see my calling in my life? Now when I went to the school

of ministry over at Calvary Costa Mesa, there was a lot of pressure that people

would put on there. They'd be like, Paul was called to be an apostle. What are you

called to be? You better know. You better

know. And I remember hearing them share that and I just always thought the same

thing. I have no idea. I have no idea what I'm called to be like what my calling or ministry giftings are going to be I just knew I wanted to be faithful to the Lord I thought I wasn't sure but I thought I had a gift in teaching. I found myself explaining the Bible to people a lot.

They'd ask questions or things would be going on and I'd be like, well, I know what it means and I'd just be able to explain it and stuff like that.

And so I was a worship leader but I didn't feel

that that was like my ultimate calling from God and I could be wrong because my

feelings are frequently wrong. But I remember feeling this pressure about knowing your calling.

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