the need is never the call

"If you have received a ministry from the Lord Jesus, you will know that the need is never the call: the need is the opportunity.  The call is loyalty to the ministry you received when you were in real touch with Him. This does not imply that there is a campaign for service marked out for you, but it does mean that you will have to ignore the demands for service along other lines." ~Oswald Chambers, excerpt from My Utmost For His Highest Devotional (March 5)