It's not about a job, employment, or an occupation.
In his book, Working, Studs Terkel realized...that working is about the search for daily meaning in the struggle for daily bread. Most people, he found, live somewhere between a grudging acceptance of their job and an active dislike of it. But a recurring theme in [his] interviews is a yearning for a sense of meaning that comes when calling precedes and overaches work and career. -- from The Call, by Os Guiness
What if you lose your job: Do you lose your calling? What if you leave (or are asked to leave) a 'ministry' position: Do you lose your calling?
Not at all. As Gary Barkalow says, "Your calling can't be contained in any single job." Why? Because you take your calling with you wherever you go -- to work, home, friendships: It is your particular splendor - the impact and affect of your life on those around you. It is how you, in particular, shimmer.
Note: "Shimmer" will be the title of my upcoming book on identity. I'll try to give you bits and pieces of it here on the blog as the book takes shape.
Ideally, your 'job' will line up with your calling. Yet there are times, when God (for good reasons) assigns us to a job that doesn't seem to match -- yet he still needs you to bring your splendor and unique brilliance there. Don't underestimate the importance of what you bring, wherever you are.