No fruits?

Based on my pastor's experience, who went through the anguish of planting a church that withered and died, once he stopped aiming for his own success, and rather listened to and followed the Spirit, his ministry started working!

I'd be inclined to guess that most of those who weren't really called wouldn't last through to ordination (except the really, really stubborn ones); after that, the fruits are probably related to whether one leads on her/his own or follows the Spirit.

I think that when God has really called you, He annoints you. But what happens when you don't see the "fruit" of that calling after years of practice i.e. no people respond through salavation after years of ministry. where lies the problem? Does it mean you were not called or anointed or the call is going though other problems that need to be fixed?

Joy

The article was interesting. There are many different feelings concerning the calling. I have found that in my life the calling became more evident and clear with time.
Moving foreward in what we hope we are being called into can sometimes be disappointing because we don't always see the results like we would like to see. The question that I would pose is "Are you anointed by God in that area?"
There is much to be said about the anointing of God but that is another subject.