Talk

The Calling of Compassion

Brett Younker
April 8, 2018

For so many of us, the word “Calling,” has become equivalent to our role, or even our job. We agonize over it, stress about what and who we will become one day, and feel useless when our position doesn’t match up with the calling we’ve felt led to.



But the truth is this; our ultimate and primary calling is to follow God. That’s it. To study His Word so that we can know Him deeper, to fall more and more in love with Him, and to carry His love and compassion to the people around us so that they might come to know Him as well.

Scripture References

25On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
26
“What is written in the Law?”
he replied.
“How do you read it?”
27He answered, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
28
“You have answered correctly,”
Jesus replied.
“Do this and you will live.”
29But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
30In reply Jesus said:
“A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead.
31
A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.
32
So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
33
But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.
34
He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him.
35
The next day he took out two denarii
and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
36
“Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
37The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”

Jesus told him,

“Go and do likewise.”

8Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Brett Younker
Brett Younker
Brett Younker is a pastor, worship leader, and songwriter at Passion City Church in Atlanta, Georgia. His heart is to help people see and know Jesus in a real way through preaching, teaching, music, or just hanging out. Over the last decade, Brett has helped carry the heart of Passion Music and the Passion Movement to the world, calling a generation to live for the glory of God. Brett has helped write many songs the Church is singing, including “Build My Life,” Fall Like Rain,” Christ Our King,” God, You’re So Good,” “Holy Ground,” “Worthy of Your Name,” and many others. He also hosts a podcast called Jesus Songs that explores the stories of some of the songs we sing each week in church. Brett and his wife, Aynsley, have three kids and a dog named Sgt Pepper.