hi my name is Daniel Darnell and I'm a worship leader here the Austin Stone
often we get asked the question of how do you know your call to ministry I
think my first answer is is the fact that we are all culture ministry's is
what is that colin would like for us we see in taking clinton's 50 we've all
been given the ministry of reconciliation as believers are also
committed by Jesus to fulfill the Great Commission in to YouTube and Eliza lost
with the gospel of Jesus Christ so where were all called to ministry but the real
question is how do you know your Colton vocational ministry in the first place
to look as the script shoes and we see that when Jesus was calling his
disciples he simply went up to them while they're fishing instead hate can
come follow me but it was different with Paul Paul was walking on the road to
Damascus he was persecuting Christians when the Lord showed up with a bright
light and blinded him and called him to follow him into call into ministry and
it was all so different with Timothy timothy was at the church that helped
start and pedestrian disciple named because he saw potential in him so even
for the early believers in the church and those who helped found the church
they're calling the different as well I know for me the process of being called
to ministry is also different in a lot of my peers I started off leading
worship when I was in high school my youth pastor asked me if I would start
leading because I play guitar and I could sing but also because you solve
some sort of potential leadership in me so I will police said yes even though I
didn't know what I was doing after I graduate high school went to college
where I helped lead worship a different ministries do we know if that was a
common in my life but I knew I enjoyed it became very clear when I finished
college and knew that my calling was no longer to be an engineer which is what I
was studying in college and so I began to pursue other options at that time I
was leading worship at my church in College Station Texas the worship pastor
of the church asked if I was interested in
an internship and I said yes because I wanted to explore this idea in my being
called to ministry is this something that God is putting on my heart and so
after that internship which was awesome I was it was very clear the guy was
convening ministry and so at that point I started pursuing
positions churches in Houston in dollars but nothing really stood out to me where
I felt call the church so I felt like I belong to and so I deal with any post
college student would do I got a job at the Apple store and just begin praying
has got right is this is this what I'm called to use this for my future looks
like it took about three years before I have had that calling again I was up in
dallas is working for a Christian multimedia company and I was connected
with a church planter here in Austin Texas
he was looking for a worship leader and at that moment I just felt this is where
God was calling me to see you this is where he was going me too and so I
obeyed now is gonna look different for everyone but I think there are three
very practical things you can do to see if you were called to ministry the first
thing to do is to ask God spend time in prayer asking I am I being called to
ministry is this what you have for me in your will
the second thing to do is ask others as those around you ask your peers as your
friends as those your relationship to people that actually will be honest with
you ask them and see if they see get things in your face in leadership if
they see a coin in you I think the third thing you just ask yourself are you
passionate about ministry are you passionate about the gospel do you feel
that your call to ministry and I think if you answered yes to all those three I
think the the next step is to seek further development whether it's a
internship residency editor at whether she's volunteering
kids are students take that next step in its ok god is this what you have for me
I know it's going different but in my experience there is always been the path
of God has for me it might give your answers right away I guess it for me it
took three years before really knew for certain that I was called to ministry
but we have to learn to trust him and I think that's a great aspect of seeking
out God in all these things so hopefully that helps answer your question if your
call to ministry