God at Work: God Calls

Sometimes it takes someone else—a parent, a friend, a mentor—to help us hear God's calling in our lives. It was certainly that way for Samuel. God was audibly calling out to the boy, and he didn't recognize who was speaking to him until the old priest Eli caught on and told Samuel it was the voice of God. God is calling each of us to something, whether it is our life's vocation or a new thing God has for us to do. God's voice can be hard to discern, but there are Elis to each of our Samuels, out there listening with us and helping us to hear. By listening for God in community, we can discern together the ways God is moving in our midst.