By CEM Blog on
1/14/2011 12:08 PM
By: Ronald L. Dart
Do you suppose God would ever call a man to be a lawyer? Or perhaps, a Governor? No, I am not about to tell a lawyer joke, or talk about Arnold Schwarznegger, who is commonly called the governator.
There is a funny thing about Christian thinking when it comes to a divine calling. We tend to think of God’s calling solely having to do with church work, or ministry. But is that the right view of the matter? There are two men in the Bible who cause me to think otherwise. They weren’t called to be lawyers, but they were nonetheless called to a surprising vocation. Let me tell you their stories:
Once upon a time, there was a man named Jacob who had 12 sons. The last was born of the wife that Jacob loved. He was...