In Plantinga's book he talks about the need for a vocation and the reasons that God calls us to work. It can be confusing about how God's love plays into our vocation. Some people seem to think that we can only earn his love by doing just what he wants. This of course is wrong, God love is unconditional. Paul even said that we cannot get to heaven on good works alone. So why should we bother with our vocation.
Love is the reason we do our vocation. Why we search for the most suitable job. Because we want to please God. Because he first loved us, and want to return the favor as best we can. Because we love God we want to work. We want to advance God's kingdom. So we go about our education with the intent of finding something that will most help people. Especially anything that will help them come to know Jesus.
Our vocation is exactly what we want to do, but it is what we are best at and will advance the Kingdom the most. For example I really love to drive and because of that would love to be a rally car racer. But I don't see that advancing the Kingdom very well. So I'm defaulting the something I like a little less which is to be a surgeon. I can help people much more through this and will be able to spread the word that way.
It comes down to the idea of carrying your own cross. We need to be willing to sacrifice what we want for the sake of the Kingdom. We need to sacrifice time and energy in the effort to spread the good news. We have to sacrifice. Jesus is our example and we need to follow him. He was willing to sacrifice his life for the whole of humanity. Shouldn't we do the same?
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