Product Description
How can I pick the right job?
Actually, you don't need to choose a job that's "perfect for you." But you do need to be productive in ways that honor God in your work life.
Here's a better question: As a believer, how can I determine what I am supposed to do, and then do it well? The doctrine of calling, or vocation, will lead you to the answer.
Finding My Vocation will help you do three things:
Ponder-learn what it means to have a calling and what Scripture teaches about work. Prepare-determine the skills and character traits you'll need and learn to sort through vocational options and be faithful in your other callings.Practice-apply biblical disciplines to succeed at work and relate work to the rest of your life as a Christian.
God placed us in his world to work for his glory. You might not know exactly what he has planned for you, but you must-and can-be faithful where he calls you.
Paperback, 168 pages
Publication Date: September 2024
Endorsements
"...I am so pleased with this book. It addresses sound teaching and faithful application to teens and young adults-the very people who have a whole lifetime of vocation ahead of them."
- Tim Challies, blogger, challies.com
"This timely book...will be a birthday gift for all my grandchildren who are trying to find their calling."
- Tedd Tripp, author of Shepherding a Child's Heart
"[This] thoughtful book may help young people follow a good path and recalibrate if they've gone astray."
- Marvin Olasky, former editor of WORLD magazine
"Practical, motivating, challenging, and encouraging...A scriptural take on one of the most important issues...we will ever face."
- David Bahnsen, author of Full-Time: Work and the Meaning of Life
"Young people seeking God's will for their life's calling will discover a treasure trove of wisdom....A rich, fulfilling, Christ-centered life awaits them if they follow the principles found on these pages."
- Mary Beeke, wife of Joel Beeke and author of Teach Them to Work: Building a Positive Work Ethic in Our Children
"An engaging, biblically and theologically informed guide for young people trying to figure out where God wants them to serve that is both practical and spiritual."
- Gene Edward Veith, emeritus professor of literature, Patrick Henry College, and author of God at Work: Your Christian Vocation in All of Life
"Boekestein shows us a true pastoral heart. He lays out biblical principles that can enable young readers to seek a vocation that fits them and then do it with gracefulness and Godglorifying purpose....I will want to put this book into the hands of all our students. The truths in this book could have far-reaching results on our continent!"
- Conrad Mbewe, pastor of Kabwata Baptist Church and founding chancellor of the African Christian University in Lusaka, Zambia
"This helpful guide is especially timely in a society characterized by a contrasting mixture of high expectations and common anxieties....Because of the abundance of scriptural references and pertinent quotations, I have found this book [to be] devotional and nourishing."
- Simonetta Carr, mother of eight and author of the Christian Biographies for Young Readers series
"Pastor Bill Boekestein has done young people-and the whole church, really-a tremendous service....We are most happy, and God most glorified, when we live in a manner worthy of the calling to which we have been called. This book will help you do just that."
-Jonathan Landry Cruse, pastor, Community Presbyterian Church, Kalamazoo, MI
Author
William Boekestein is the pastor of Immanuel Fellowship Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He received his B.A. at Kuyper College and his M.Div. at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. He has worked in residential construction and taught at a Christian school for several years. He and his wife have four children.
