Bishop Bill Hamon

Recently, I was helping my dad get ready for the day. For most of my life, I watched him move at a pace that would exhaust most people. There were seasons when he traveled over 250,000 miles a year, ministering in nation after nation, preaching, teaching, and equipping leaders around the world. But this moment looked very different. He was sitting in a wheelchair, and I was the one helping him.

And as I stood there, a thought hit me.

Nothing about God’s call on his life had changed.

His strength had changed. His stamina had changed. The way he ministers now looks different than it did twenty years ago. But the purpose of God on his life has not diminished one bit.

Watching that unfold right in front of me has reshaped the way I think about calling. Because for most of us, we measure usefulness by activity. We celebrate productivity. We admire people who can keep going, building, traveling, producing, and leading.

But heaven measures something very different.
Loved Before You Produce
Jesus said in Matthew 18:3 that unless we become like little children, we cannot enter the Kingdom of heaven. That scripture always makes me think about my own children when they were first born. When each of them came into the world, they could do absolutely nothing for me. They ate, slept, cried, and needed constant attention.

They didn’t contribute anything to the household. They didn’t accomplish anything that would impress anyone. Yet I never once looked at them and thought they had less value. I knew they were simply in a stage of life, and their worth had nothing to do with what they could produce.

Spiritually, we begin our walk with God the same way. We start out dependent on Him, learning, receiving, and growing. In that stage, we are fully loved and fully valued, even before we ever do anything for the Kingdom. But somewhere along the journey, many believers begin to mix up activity with purpose.

We start believing that if we are busy for God, we must be fulfilling our calling. We assume that energy equals effectiveness and that productivity equals purpose. But activity does not equal assignment. Just because we are doing something well does not necessarily mean it is what God has asked us to do.

One of the most important truths we learn as we grow spiritually is that relationship always comes before responsibility. Before you ever served God, you were loved by Him. Before you ever accomplished anything for the Kingdom, your value had already been established. Calling does not grow out of performance; it grows out of connection.

When Strength Feels Like Significance

There was a season in my dad’s life when his schedule would make most people shake their heads. He traveled constantly, often flying hundreds of thousands of miles in a single year. He ministered in more than seventy nations, planted ministries, wrote books, and equipped leaders all over the world. From the outside, it looked like the most powerful and productive season imaginable.

But God did not love him more in that season than when he was a young man learning to follow the Lord. He was simply walking in the assignment God had given him for that time. Many of us experience seasons like that in our own lives. We are building careers, raising families, starting ministries, and carrying significant responsibility.

During those years, we feel strong and capable. People depend on us and look to us for leadership. It is easy during those seasons to begin believing that our value comes from what we are able to accomplish. But scripture reminds us that we are saved by grace through faith, not by works.

Our worth was never secured by our productivity. Jesus settled that question long before we ever lifted a finger. When He died for us while we were still sinners, He established our value once and for all. Everything we do for God flows from that truth, not the other way around.

When the Assignment Changes

Eventually, my father’s assignment shifted. Instead of carrying every responsibility himself, he began focusing on equipping others. He wrote books, established prophetic training schools, and poured decades of wisdom into the next generation of leaders. He entrusted different areas of ministry to those he had raised up.

Tom and Jane took on the title of Bishop. Dr. Tim became President of Christian International. I stepped into the role of CEO. What God had planted in him began multiplying through others.

His fruit started growing on other people’s trees.

That stage of life is incredibly powerful. It is the stage of impartation, mentorship, and multiplication. Instead of building something yourself, you begin watching what God put inside you reproduce in other people’s lives.

But eventually, another shift may come for many of us. Strength changes. Stamina changes. Sometimes our ability to do what we once did begins to look different. When that happens, many believers quietly begin wondering if their purpose has somehow diminished.

The truth is that God does not remove calling when seasons change. He simply adjusts the assignment.

What Caregiving Has Taught Me

I had the privilege of caring for my mother, Evelyn Hamon, in her later years. She had spent decades traveling with my dad and ministering to people all over the world. She had been strong, active, and deeply involved in the work of the ministry.

In her final years, her body grew weaker. But something about her never changed. She never questioned whether she still mattered to God. She knew she was loved, and she knew her life still carried purpose.

Today, I help care for my father as well. He no longer travels the nations the way he once did. He does not write at the same pace or maintain the demanding schedule he carried for decades. Yet he is still preaching, praying, prophesying, and imparting what he has learned through more than seventy years of ministry.

Watching this has made something very clear to me. God loves him just as much in this season as in any other season of his life. His calling did not disappear when his capacity changed.

Jesus said in John 15 that if we abide in Him, we will bear fruit. He did not say fruit comes from striving harder or working longer. Fruit is the natural result of staying connected to the vine. When our connection to God remains strong, purpose continues to flow in every season.

When Weakness Becomes a Testimony

Throughout scripture, we see people serve God in different seasons of life. Moses led the people of Israel in his later years, and the Bible tells us that God sustained him for the assignment he was given. The strength required for each season came directly from the Lord.

Serving God when you feel strong is powerful. But there is something deeply compelling about someone who continues to walk faithfully with God even when their strength looks different than it once did. When the world measures value by productivity, faithfulness becomes a powerful testimony.

Sometimes the greatest message we ever preach is not delivered from a stage. It is seen in a life that continues to trust God no matter what season it is in.

Your capacity may change.
But your calling does not.
Because your purpose was never rooted in your strength.
It was always rooted in Him.

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Odd and Unusual: When God Works Outside the Box

“But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty.” — 1 Corinthians 1:27 (KJV)

Over the years, I have learned that God rarely works the way I expect Him to.

If I am honest, much of my life has felt a little odd and unusual and not always in a comfortable way.

I did not always fit in. I was not quite the same as the rest of my family. I did not always think the same way, respond the same way, or even catch the joke when everyone else laughed. For a long time, I wondered if something was wrong with me.

Now I know better.

God uses that.

When You Feel Like You Don’t Belong

Jesus tells a parable in Luke 14:16–24 that has always spoken deeply to me. A man prepares a great feast and invites those who were first called. The honored. The religious. The respected.

But they make excuses. They decline the invitation.

So the master does something unexpected.

He sends his servants into the streets and lanes to bring in the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind. When there is still room, he sends them even farther, to the highways and hedges, compelling others to come.

The people who assumed they belonged missed the feast.

The ones who never thought they would be invited filled the table.

That parable tells me something powerful. God often welcomes those who feel out of place.

God’s Instructions Are Not Always Comfortable

We do not set out to be odd or unusual. But when God speaks, His instructions do not always make sense to the natural mind.

If a donkey speaks to you like it did to Balaam, you should probably pay attention. There may be an angel standing in front of you that you cannot see.

If God tells you to build an ark because a flood is coming, even though no one has ever seen rain, you obey. You might be saving your family and the future of the earth.

If you are blind and Jesus uses spit and mud to heal you, you do not complain about the method. You receive the miracle.

If you are running from God’s purpose and find yourself living inside a great fish for three days, you do not argue. You repent.

If God tells you not to cut your hair and you decide you know better, do not be surprised when consequences follow.

If God tells you to be silent, walk around a city for seven days, and then shout, listen carefully. Walls are about to fall.

Even Moses, a man who spoke with God face to face, suffered consequences when he allowed anger to override obedience and struck the rock instead of speaking to it.

These stories remind me that obedience matters, even when the instructions feel strange or uncomfortable.

God’s Strength Shines Through Weakness

One of the clearest examples of this is Gideon’s army.

God intentionally reduced an army of 32,000 down to just 300. In the natural, it makes no sense. In the Spirit, it makes perfect sense.

God wanted everyone to know the victory did not come from numbers, strategy, or human ability. It came from Him.

I have seen this truth play out again and again in my own life. When I felt weak, unsure, or unqualified, God showed Himself strong. It was never about what I could do. It was always about what God could do through me.

The Call to Humility

That is why Scripture repeatedly calls us to humility.

“If My people will humble themselves…”
“Humble yourselves before the Lord…”
“Humble yourselves under God’s mighty hand…”
“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled…”

Humility keeps us teachable. It keeps us listening. It keeps us obedient, even when God asks us to do something outside the box.

Be Who God Called You to Be

God may be asking you to do something that feels odd or unusual. Something that does not fit neatly into other people’s expectations.

When that happens, pray. Seek godly counsel. Weigh it carefully. And if it truly comes from God, be obedient.

I have learned that trying to be “normal” is overrated anyway.

God did not call me to be like everyone else.

He did not call you to be like everyone else.

He called us to be who He created us to be. Unique. Purpose-filled. Dependent on Him.

Sometimes God’s ways look odd.

Sometimes obedience feels uncomfortable.

But God is always faithful.

And He always knows exactly what He is doing.

A Prayer for the One Reading This

Jesus, I ask that whoever is reading this would know, right now, that no matter what state they are in, they are accepted by You. You love them just as they are, and You will use them for Your glory.

If they feel small like Zacchaeus and only want a glimpse of You, remind them that You see them and will meet with them personally.

If they feel like a woman hidden in the crowd, carrying weakness, frailty, or an issue that has gone on too long, let them know that if they reach out right where they are and touch You, they will be healed.

God, You do not see us as odd or unusual. You see us as the vessels You intentionally formed.

We do not have to become good enough, smart enough, good-looking enough, or spiritual enough to receive Your love and acceptance.

We receive it now.

Amen.