What's going on, Pursuers? Welcome to The Pursuit
of Calling, the podcast that provides you with
the strategies and tools needed to successfully
discover and pursue your calling. Whether it's
through inspiring stories, thought -provoking
interviews, or quick, insightful episodes on
personal growth and development, we've got you
covered. I'm your host, Thomas Carney. Enjoy
the episode. How's it going, Pursuers? I just
want to be honest with you guys right now. I'm
a little overwhelmed. So it's been a little over
a week since I made that transition from being
a full -time employee to a full -time entrepreneur.
And I think I said in the last week's episode,
which I honestly recorded yesterday. Today is
March 8th. I recorded the last week's episode
yesterday on the 7th. Yesterday, I believe I
said, or last week, I said that I had a client.
And then today I got a text message saying that
they weren't, there wasn't the right time. And
that's something that like, I know I have to
expect. But there's so many things happening
at the same time that I'm like, even today as
I was leaving church this morning, my brake line
blew. And then I'm also packing to leave for
Uganda. I'm like, my brain is all over the place.
And there's just a lot happening all at the same
time today. In this episode, I want to talk about
not making your calling your God. So that is
what we're going to do. Again, just like last
episode, I don't really have much prepared because
of everything. That's just how busy I've been
in preparing for leaving for Uganda. But I still
want to talk about this. I believe this is an
important topic. I talk about calling, obviously,
a lot on this podcast. And where the calling,
I believe, is the lens that you see your life
through for how you live out the Great Commission.
How do you bring light to the world? And how
do you bring light to the world? How do you spread
the gospel? And I don't want to lose sight of
that myself. Yes, it's disappointing that I...
For now, it's not forever. No, that I did not
have my first client, that guy, that person be
my first client. And, but it's also okay. I'm
just getting at peace over knowing that. And
like, cause there is a lot, some overwhelmingness
and I'm. It's peace knowing that it's okay and
peace knowing that that's not going to be the
last conversation I have with him or with somebody
else about having a coaching session. It's not
the last coaching session I'm ever going to have
and it's not the last sales conversation I'm
ever going to have. If you're not a business
owner, that's okay. I'm giving this to you right
now. I'm saying this to you right now because
I think we're all in the danger of making what
we believe God is calling us to do into our God.
And we're focused more on what we are called
to do than who gave us the calling in the first
place. So today in this episode, I just want
you to reflect. What is God calling you to do?
Who is he calling you to be? What is the man
that he is growing you into? And how has those
things, how is the thing that he's calling you
towards show him more of who he is? How has that
shown his character more? Because if you're a
Christian and you're following what Jesus taught
and you're studying your Bible and you're reading
your scripture, you're changing as a person.
You're growing your spirit, becoming more sanctified.
And you should be able to look back on your life
and back on the last however long since you were
saved till now and think, one, you're not the
same person. that you were. And two, I bet during
this time, what you thought you're meant to do
with your life changed. And I know mine did.
I know mine went from having a business and wanting
to have a business so that I can make money and
be free to do whatever I wanted in that turned
into. Yes, I would love to make money. Yes, I
would love to have the financial freedom. However,
I want my focus to more be on the people I am
called to serve and my God who places them in
front of me because I wouldn't be able to do
it without him. I wouldn't have left my job to
pursue this. Without him. Without me having that
relationship with him. So just sit back. Take
a breath. I'm thinking of this to myself right
now too. And just write down those things. Goals
that you believe God is putting on your life,
the vision you've been seeing but haven't really
thought out. It's been a fleeting thought that
you've had here or there as you fall asleep or
as you're having your shower thoughts in the
morning. The things that excite you whenever
you think about them. You know, to succeed in
this one area of life would mean everything to
you because that would mean you would be able
to do So much more for the kingdom. I want you
to write those things down. What is God calling
you to do? One. Who is he calling you to be?
Two. Where is he calling you to go? Four. And
who is he calling you to serve? I think that
was five. I think. That might have been four.
We're going to say it was five. You can count
yourself. Don't make your calling your God because
God already, because God, Yahweh, is the one
who established the calling. Again, I'm telling
you, I'm telling this to myself right now. I'm
only a weekend. And now I'm heading to Uganda.
Like you heard me in the last episode, right
now when you're listening to this, the trip's
almost over. It's the 17th, so it means we're
coming home in two days. Man, I'm going to have
so many stories to share. I can't wait to do
it. I'm going to have to summarize it in probably
one episode, but if you know me in person, you
probably will get the earful. But anyway, again,
I also want to apologize. I'm kind of tired,
so sorry if I don't sound like my energetic.
Self right now. I don't know if I always sound
energetic, but I feel like I do. So apologies
for that. But thank you for listening to this
episode of the perceived calling podcast. If
you got something out of this episode, let me
know. Do you like these type of podcasts where
I'm just kind of free forming it with just a
topic outline? Let me know what you think about
that in the comments, because I would love to
know your feedback. I would love to. Know who
I'm serving and know that I'm serving them, whether
I'm serving them well or not, and how I can improve.
Feedback is amazing. I love it. So please give
me the feedback, whether it's good or bad, except
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stay happy. So, guys, thank you again. Thank
you, pursuers, for joining me on this journey
of pursuing my calling so I can also help you
pursue yours. Pursue your calling well. Do it
with excellence. Love you guys. All right. I'll
see you.