In the holiday classic It’s a Wonderful Life, Jimmy Stewart’s character George Bailey gets an opportunity to see what the world would be like if he never existed, and it’s not good.  George had a big impact on his community and the people around him, but the broader point of the movie is that if any of us were missing, there would be a gaping hole where we should be.

At the beginning of the book of Romans, Paul introduces himself as: “Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God”[1]  Most of his letters start this way.

Imagine if Paul had not been called to be an apostle, or written Romans.  There would be a hole where Romans should be, and the same is true of work for God that anyone leaves undone.  We may not be George Bailey or Paul, but everyone has a role in the church and the world by the will of God.  We are not called to be apostles as Paul was, but we are all called to something.

What’s your something?

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[1] Romans 1:1