The office of thy calling

These words spoken to Emma are instructive. The office of her calling was to be a comfort to Joseph. That is certainly a unique calling but it illustrates generally that callings can be unique and specific and also that they can be outside of any ecclesiastical structure. Emma was also called upon to serve as a scribe when needed and to expound scripture to the church. She is also instructed to give her time to writing and to learning much. While Emma’s calling is primarily into Joseph, Joseph’s calling is unto the church.

I would be okay if my calling were unto something other than the church, I just want to know what the Lord is calling me to do. It could be political but that’s a thing that many people call themselves to do and I don’t want to just pick up that calling for myself. Whatever my calling is I would like some assurance that it is what the Lord would call me to do.