What You’re Paid to Do vs What You Were Made to Do

God’s calling isn’t always attached to your paycheck.
That ache in your spirit? That’s purpose knocking.
Your job may be the assignment for now, but your gift is the legacy.

Let’s Talk

Let’s go ahead and say what most people avoid: your 9-to-5 might be keeping your true work on pause.

You’re great at your job. You get paid. You meet deadlines.
But deep down, something doesn’t sit right. You’re functioning but not fulfilled. Performing but not producing fruit.

Could it be that you’re in a season of provision but not purpose?
Because here’s the truth: what you’re paid to do might not be what you were made to do.

You’re Good at It… But It’s Not Your Gift

There’s a difference between your skills and your assignment.

• Your job title might impress people.

• But your gift is what delivers people.

Being good at a system doesn’t mean you’re called to it.
A company’s promotion doesn’t always equal Kingdom positioning.

Sometimes God lets you get paid to learn discipline, but that doesn’t mean you retire there.
He may let you be faithful in Egypt so you’re ready to lead in Canaan.

Let’s Get Biblical

Joseph got promoted in Potiphar’s house. He got paid.
But his true promotion came in Pharaoh’s palace where his gift of dream interpretation set nations free.

David killed Goliath, but long before that he’d mastered his gift in the quiet fields with sheep and solitude.

Esther wore a crown, but her true gift wasn’t beauty it was boldness.

Let’s Get Personal

Here’s how you know you’ve found your gift:

• It keeps finding you people always ask you about it.

• You feel alive when you’re doing it, even if it’s hard.

• It doesn’t need to be loud to be powerful.

• It won’t leave you alone even when you try to silence it, it still speaks.

Provision Isn’t Purpose

Your job puts food on the table, but your gift feeds generations.

One pays bills.
The other builds legacy.

Don’t bury the thing that wakes you up in the middle of the night.
Don’t settle for being good at something when God has called you to be anointed for something greater.

Prayer: Lord, Show Me My Gift

God,

Thank You for every door You’ve opened even the ones that weren’t forever.
Thank You for providing through jobs, even if they’re not the full picture.

But now, I ask You boldly: show me the work I was made for.
Uncover the gift You planted in me.
Expose where I’ve settled for comfort.
Reignite the passion I buried under a paycheck.

Help me to obey even when the next step feels scary.
Give me wisdom to build in my lane.
And give me faith to believe that what You made me to do will also make a way for me.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Your Turn

What’s the gift that’s been hiding underneath your job description?
Drop it in the comments someone else may be set free by what you’ve been holding back.

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You don’t need permission to walk in your purpose just obedience.

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 — S. A. Briddell