“CALLED TO MINISTER TO GOD" by Cathy Hargett, Highway To Zion

 

“CALLED TO MINISTER TO GOD"

Cathy Hargett

August 28, 2025

Sometimes we can come to clarity about our callings by just looking back over our lives and how the Lord has protected, guided, and led us all along. I admit that it’s easier to see this if you have some years behind you, which I do!

And often, we get understanding about the unique ways He has appointed us by looking at the struggles, the weaknesses, the sins that tempt us and trip us up, that so easily “entangle” us as it says in Hebrews 12.

The blessing of learning to repent quickly and with an earnest heart is that many times He reveals that the opposite of the struggles and failures of our lives show us the deep places of our hearts where our spirit was supposed to be. These are the places that the enemy comes against you the hardest. The spirit that He created in us is pure and right, what we were meant to be.

When I look back at my life, I see spiritual callings that He put in me since I was very young. I see now that I longed for a meaningful, purposeful, spiritual life. I remember things like cutting out little clips of words with high and lofty truth. I loved words. At the time, it could have been just the highest thoughts of admirable people, not necessarily spiritual people, but now I know that He was always calling me to love truth, deep things, and His Word. My flesh was still ruling my spirit so I couldn’t see it then but my spirit was searching.

We are all different, and He made us exactly who He wanted us to be. Maybe He’s bringing to your mind some recollections of how He was guiding you on your journey that now make sense. Look at the activities of your life, too, and the principles and lessons you may have learned, even if you did not especially enjoy the activities. For example, I did lots of traveling as a businesswoman, which I did not enjoy, but the calling on my life required the skills I learned by doing those things.

The other side of this early quest for spirituality reminds me of the dangers that He also navigated me through. Along with the desire for deep, spiritual things came an attraction to any kind of spiritual experience, from talking about scary stories, mysteries, and occult things like ouija boards and reading horoscopes or books about dark spiritual things. My spirit longed for the deeps. And the enemy was intent on setting snares to destroy the plan of God for my life.

I also loved to sing and dance, not spiritual dance. In fact, sometimes the opposite. Today, I see how much the Lord was calling me into pure worship in songs, hymns, spiritual songs, and to dance before Him with abandon and joy. He always intended that worship and love for Him would be the calling of my life and my eternal destiny (and yours).

Ultimately, when we seek Him, He shows us things about our unique selves and our journey. And then, He speaks deeply into our spirits and lets us know that He has always called us to purity and truth and to minister to Him. We marvel at this, and our trust in Him grows deeper and more filled with awe at how personally He loves us and knows us. All the while, He is calling us ever closer to Him and to who we ultimately will be, His holy priest.

From the perspective of where I am today, I realize He was always calling me to deep worship, to minister love and joy and devotion to Him as He has ministered the same love and protection and goodness to me my whole life, whether I was living it in a devoted way or in an off-course way.

The truth is that God has called every follower of His to a place of ministry to Him. He began showing us in ancient times through His people, Israel. Israel was set apart, a nation unlike any of the other nations. This nation was and is called to be a nation of priests, a people that glorifies Him, His treasured possession. As those grafted into this glorious covenant, we, too, are destined to have this unbelievable, intimate and pure relationship with Him. As followers of Yeshua ha Mashiach, we serve Him now, a royal priesthood, a spiritual nation, made up of individual priests, passionately serving Him and ministering to Him. This is the Kingdom. This is Yeshua’s desire for us to seek the Kingdom of Heaven.

It is soon coming here to planet earth, in fullness. Now we see in part, but then we shall see Him face to Face. Perhaps if you ask Him, He will take you back and show you how He has always appointed you to a deep relationship and intimacy with Him, how the intentions of His heart have always been that you would be part of His royal priesthood, His Holy Nation. He wants to love you in a deeper, palpable way. Bless His glorious Name forever. And you will minister love and worship back to Him in proportion to how much you allow Him to pour into you.

Embrace Him now and enter that secret place of the Most High. Receive the Truth that you are called to be a holy priest unto God, to glorify our King Yeshua, and to allow Him to expand your spirit into fullness as you realize your calling is to minister to the Lord.

“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light.”

(I Peter 2:9)

Cathy Hargett

Highway to Zion Ministries

http://www.highwaytozion.org

Photos below: Cathy and attendee at a recent Highway To Zion Shabbat gathering in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dance and teach of the Lord's goodness and coming Kingdom!

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