Episode #017 - How To Hear, Surrender & Answer Your Calling…with Dr. Steve Meyer
Dr. Steve Meyer – Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon in Sioux City Iowa, Author of the book "Answer the Call" ,and Founder, along with his wife Dana, of the Christ-centered, mission-driven ministry Siouxl and Tanzania Educational Medical Ministries (STEMM), an inter-denominational Christian ministry in 1996. Steve opens up about surviving dark valleys in his personal life, the perfectly timed, unplanned encounter with a patient that transformed Steve’s life forever. And, how hearing, listening and heeding his calling led him on a journey of impacting lives in ways that are evidence of divine intervention by the Lord.
Episode Highlights:
- How does Dr. Steve Meyer define having a calling in life?
- What gets in people’s way of heeding their calling?
- We get called by God throughout each day, often through the requests of others.
- It isn’t about the ‘what,’ it is about the ‘why.’
- How did Dr. Steve Meyer realize that he was called to an entrepreneurial path?
- Keep saying ‘yes’ to God’s call.
- Dr. Steve Meyer shares a moment of having his faith tested.
- How would Dr. Steve Meyer want to encourage guys in the early stages of heeding their calling?
- Spiritual warfare is an ongoing struggle of accountability in our lives.
- Everyday is a new chance to start over. Be the clay instead of the potter.
- Recognize the joy in every task that God calls us to take on.
- What are the three non-negotiable pieces of wisdom that Dr. Steve Meyer would pass on to future generations?
Key Points & Quotes:
- STEMM Mistry volunteers have performed nearly 1000 orthopedic general and ENT surgeries in a country that has one physician for every 100,000 people.
- There can be no fear in complete faith.
- Dr. Steve Meyer’s definition of ‘meekness’ is power under control.
- “I think we are so afraid of failure in our society because we have such an immediate society now.” – Dr. Steve Meyer
- “Satan’s greatest tool to defeat us is to distract us.” – Dr. Steve Meyer
- “I fully believe ultimately when we get to Heaven, God is absolutely, totally uninterested in our results. He is interested in our intent.” – Dr. Steve Meyer
Resources Mentioned:
- Stemm.org
- Facebook: STEMM1996
- heedyourcalling.com