Calls come from various experiences. That is, calls to do or say or even more deeply to be something. My call to become a preacher came on the front porch of the church that I attended while I stood there and listened to our preacher while looking through the open doors.
So Martin Luther King, Jr experienced a call as well. At the time he was a preacher (who had a Ph. D. degree in theology so he could have well taught in seminaries) and he wrestled again with the way to fulfill his call. The place for his wrestling was a night in his kitchen while he was drinking a cup of coffee. And it was that night he received a call from God to take on the struggle for equal rights of all people. And with accepting this call his life in following God was for ever changed.
God has calls to all of us. At least I believe so. That call can be as small as just to do one particular, specific act for God today. Or it can be as huge as to do the impossible all our life. A call when it is received from God changes us for as long as it takes to fulfill that call and maybe even for eternity.
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