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The Ultimate Gift

The Ultimate Gift is one of the perfect examples of movies that tell us

something about a man’s vocation. In the movie, we realize that vocation is not

something we choose but it is also something that is chosen for us. God calls us into

different vocations but in the end, it is our choice whether to respond or not.

Jason Stevens never even dreamed of being some sort of a philanthropist. He

just wanted the money all for himself. It was a good thing that his late grandfather

knew that he should learn before getting his inheritance. Like the grandfather, God

doesn’t reveal to us right away what our true vocation is. We have to search for it

and slowly find it by learning through our journey towards that one true vocation

that we are born to do.

Thinking about it, I too feel challenged by God and how he reveals my

purpose. As of now, I still don’t know what to do in life but God is slowly revealing it

through persons and situations that seem to have no meaning but eventually takes

shape over time. With that, I can relate to Jason’s confusion about his real gift.

God is quite a complicated person and He doesn’t give things immediately. He

likes to beat around the bush and to slowly let us know our vocation. There are

roadblocks but there are also true friends that will help us get through those

challenges that we couldn’t do alone. All in all, this was a very good movie to relate

to vocation. There are a million things that are more important than money.