divine calling
Holy life purpose
A divine calling is a sense that God or a higher power has summoned someone to a particular purpose, vocation, or way of life.
The phrase appears most often in religious contexts—a minister feels a divine calling to preach, a nun to take vows.
More broadly, it describes any pursuit felt to be destined rather than chosen: She believed teaching was her divine calling.
The weight of "divine" elevates ordinary career choice to sacred duty.
- life's workOne's greatest lasting contribution
- missionPurpose-driven task
- God's willDivine intention or decree
- visionAbility to see
- answering the callActing when needed
sanctification · anointing · laying on of hands · ministry · servant leadership · prayer · faith · leap of faith · epiphany · set apart · liturgy · charism · discernment · still small voice · obedience · sacred duty · prophecy · duty
- faith storiesconversion story, personal testimony, spiritual journey, salvation story, conversion experience
- vocationpriesthood, religious life, mission, holy orders, purpose
- work spiritualitysacred work, meaningful work, tentmaking, dignity of work, dignity of labor
- Christian spiritualitysanctification, holiness, spiritual growth, spiritual maturity, Holy Spirit
- faith healingfaith healing, faith healers, faith healer, healing prayer, laying on of hands
- Hebrew ProphetsIsaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea
divine callingself-interest
Concern for personal advantage
careerism · job · opportunism · career · materialism
divine callingpurposelessness
State of lacking intention
aimlessness · directionlessness · meaninglessness · spiritual emptiness · spiritual void