His Glory Belongs in Your Local Tesco: Calling, Representation, and Finding Your Assignment

By Andrew Chapman, Founder & CEO, London School of Supernatural Ministry

I'm standing by the Thames in Kingston as I record this podcast, and something is sitting with me.

Romans 8:19: "Creation waits in eager anticipation for the children of God to be revealed."

Not hidden. Not buried. Not endlessly processing. Not permanently waiting.

Revealed.

I've been discipling people for years. Almost every person I meet carries something extraordinary — a burden, a gift, a dream, a compassion built out of pain. Something God placed there that the world genuinely needs.

But they're circling it. Waiting to feel ready. Waiting for permission. Waiting until conditions are perfect.

Creation isn't waiting for perfect conditions. Creation is waiting for you.

We've Reduced Calling to Platform

Here's one of the biggest lies the church has believed: calling is for the people up front.

Calling means a microphone. Calling means stage. Calling means full-time church work, being known, having a branded ministry with your name on a website.

But that is not what the Bible says.

Biblically, calling is about representation. You are a son or daughter who carries the presence of God and represents the rule of God. That changes everything.

It means your work matters. Your ideas matter. Your burden matters. Your creativity matters. Your obedience matters.

God's glory is not just for church meetings. It belongs in family. In education. In business. In politics. In media. In art. In your local Tesco's corner shop. In the place you have coffee every morning. In the conversations you have at school pickup. Wherever sons and daughters are sent.

The Clapham Sect — meeting at places like Moggerhanger Park where we've been recording — didn't ask "what do I personally feel called to in private?" They asked: "What does the kingdom of God require in public?"

That is the question sons and daughters ask.

Your assignment may look nothing like theirs. You may be called to disciple five young people. To be a healing voice in your family. To start a small business with kingdom values. To create a group for single moms. To write. To mentor. To open your home. To build a community.

But the principle is the same: creation cries, sons and daughters respond.

How to Find Your Assignment

Most people aren't confused about their calling. They're unprocessed. They have fragments — a word from God here, a conversation that stirred them there, a frustration that keeps surfacing. But the pieces haven't been organized, so they assume they don't know.

They do know. They just need the right questions and the right container.

Here are four questions I give people to begin with:

1. What gives you life? What do you keep coming back to? What conversations energize you? What problems make you lean forward? What do you find yourself reading about without being told to?

2. What has God gifted you to do? What comes naturally? What have others consistently affirmed in you? What skills have you developed? Where do people come to you — for wisdom, prayer, creativity, encouragement, strategy, problem-solving?

3. What does the world need? What breaks your heart? What makes you angry in a holy way? What do you keep noticing around you? What pain do you understand because you walked through it yourself?

4. What could become sustainable? This is not an unspiritual question — it's a question of stewardship. Could this become a business, a ministry, a course, a group, a charity, a book, a podcast, a prayer community, a mentoring offer, a regular event?

Write ten answers under each heading. Don't make them perfect. Just get the raw material out of your head.

The Sentence That Creates Movement

Once you've done that exercise, write this sentence:

"I feel called to help [WHO] through [HOW] so that [WHAT CHANGES]."

For example:

• I feel called to help young adults discover identity through mentoring and discipleship so that they can live with confidence and purpose.

• I feel called to help women who feel stuck after disappointment through prayer and community so they can recover hope and move forward again.

• I feel called to help creatives stop hiding through workshops and accountability so that what God put in them becomes visible to the world.

Your sentence won't be perfect at first. That's fine. Here's what I've learned: drafts create movement.

A draft gives you something to test. A draft gives you something to pray over. A draft gives people something to respond to. And a draft breaks the fog.

You Launch FROM Significance

Before any of this becomes a plan, there's something more important to establish.

You are not trying to earn significance by launching something. You launch from significance — because you are already a son, already a daughter, already loved, already called.

Think about Joseph. He had a dream before he had a platform. A calling before he had context. A promise before he had maturity. And the process — the pit, Potiphar's house, the prison — none of it was wasted. The dream was real. But the person had to be formed first.

This is why Launch begins with identity. Not planning. Not productivity. Identity.

Because your life matters before your launch matters.

If you launch from insecurity, you'll use the platform to prove yourself. If you launch from sonship, you can serve.

If you launch from fear, you'll obsess over the response. If you launch from obedience, you can learn.

If you launch from ego, you'll need applause. If you launch from love, you'll keep showing up.

What Is Launch?

Launch is an eight-week kingdom business and ministry programme designed to help you move from calling to a clear, practical 90-day plan.

By the end of the eight weeks, every student will have:

• A clarified launch idea

• A 90-day roadmap

• A 30-day sprint plan

• A message map

• A project outline

• Accountability with a cohort of others

• A daily rhythm for keeping it moving

• A recorded launch presentation

Two cohorts available:

• Tuesday evenings, starting 14 July — 7:30–8:30pm UK

• Friday lunchtimes, starting 17 July — 12:00–1:00pm UK

Investment: £119 one-off, or 2 × £65 monthly payments.

First 20 to book receive a 15-minute one-to-one call with me to discuss where you are and tailor the course accordingly.

Book your place → lssm.org.uk/launch

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Andrew Chapman is the founder and CEO of the London School of Supernatural Ministry. Find out more at ilssm.org.uk.