Calling & purpose

Quotes for reflection

What do you think about these quotes? Are they helpful? Are they saying what the Bible says?

“The chief end [purpose] of man is to glorify God and enjoy him forever.”

(from the Westminster Confession of Faith - a statement of faith written by leaders of the Anglican Church in 1646)

"Calling is not just for certain people. Every believer has a calling in at least three areas of his or her life: calling to character or personal holiness (Eph. 1:4), calling to relationship with God (Eph. 1:5), and calling to ministry—a unique contribution to God’s kingdom (Eph. 2:10)."

Keith Webb, Coaching in Ministry: How Busy Church Leaders Can Multiply Their Ministry Impact

“To make the choice of career or profession on selfish grounds, without a true sense of calling, is probably the greatest single sin any young person can commit, for it is the deliberate withdrawal from allegiance to God of the greatest part of time and strength.” 

Os Guinness, The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life

"For the Christian, heaven is not a goal; it is a destination. The goal is that “Christ be formed in you” to use the words of the apostle Paul (Galatians 4:19). To the Romans, he declares, ‘Those whom [God] foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his son” (8:29). And to the Corinthians, he says, “All of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image” (2 Cor. 3:18). Thus, the daring goal of the Christian life could be summarized as our being formed, conformed, and transformed into the image of Jesus Christ." 

Dallas Willard, Christianity Today, Feb 5, 1996