An Engineer’s Two-fold Call

About An Engineer’s Two-fold Call

Abstract

The paper introduces the two-fold call of a Christian Engineer – as a developing professional engineer and a developing Christian in Christ likeness. The investigation is guided by instances of the two-fold call in the life of Old and New testament saints, where the Lord uses double salutations to get their undivided attention to His heart’s most yearning request to manifest His purpose in the life of His choosing. The first call could be a call of attention, but the second call is definitely a compelling call of His commission to us. This rather unpredicted and unplanned event for some might come at a time that they least expect it. It might alter the well-planned dreams of one’s mind; nevertheless, it happens by the perfect will of God at His perfect time that changes the direction in life of the person receiving the call and the people around. The double call always comes at a timenof utmost importance, substance and exigency, and the recipients of the double call of God in thenBible, fulfilled the great commission with intense passion and fervor. This paper starts by taking anlook at what the authors mean by the two-fold call, and brings in perspectives of faith, andnfaithfulness that are essential to fulfilling the call through examples in the life of Old and New Testament saints. The paper presents several ways in which engineers can fulfill the calling in their secular and spiritual work and concludes by emphasizing that the two-fold call is applicable to allnChristians who want to fulfill God’s ultimate purpose in life by bringing people to God and God to the people. The goal of the paper is two-fold: a) To reflect upon the great commission that we are all saddled with, to bring out people under spiritual darkness into His marvelous light. b) To encourage Christ-likeness, with faith and faithfulness being the embodiments. The paper also reflects on the authors’ personal experiences, and a fervent call to all engineering educators and professionals to run the race that has been marked out for us, and to pass on the baton to our succeeding generations so that they may also be able to have the same zeal for God.