Do you ever think of your job, how you occupy your time and what work you do on a daily basis, do you think of it as a calling… from God?

That's our topic today in these apparently disjointed or unrelated passages. What must a person do to get a calling from God? What's the difference between a calling and a job? What if you DON'T have a calling? How do you find your calling? What difference does it make on a daily basis?

Let's consider work, job, calling today:

1. The Great Divide
2. The Great Provide
3. The Great Decide

Why are we here? What does it mean to have a full and satisfying life – to realize our purpose? How do relationships figure into that big picture …relationship with God? with family? AND What about my daily routine …where we spend the bulk of our time…not in church or on vacation but at work (my occupation or job)? That is really what most directly concerns us today.

What does God intend for our "regular life"? And how will God's purposes and His original design for labor and creativity and what occupies most of our time how will knowing what God originally intended help me today …but especially tomorrow… Monday-Saturday?

Let's look at: #1 Distinct Design #2 East of Eden #3 Preacher's Promise

Today, after all these chapters of poetic speeches, the charges and accusations of Job's little satans and Job's desperate attempts to answer the charges… AND most important, after Job's meeting with God, when Job is interviewed by God and comes away changed: "I've heard of You with the ear but NOW my eye sees You" (42.5) – as if what Job knew as facts, as information is now become sensation, feeling, a sense and experience of God's presence – THEN/today the restoration, the aim or end toward which the whole book is moving.

Let's look at:

1. Concluding Restorations
2. Lingering Questions
3. Ongoing Applications