Friday, August 5, 2016

Every Christian Is Called, Are You Walking In Your Calling?

My Utmost For His Highest
 
"…and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be accomplished."…But they understood none of these things… —Luke 18:31, 34
 
“… what seemed to be failure from man’s standpoint was a triumph from God’s standpoint, because God’s purpose is never the same as man’s purpose. This bewildering call of God comes into our lives as well. The call of God can never be understood absolutely or explained externally; it is a call that can only be perceived and understood internally by our true inner-nature. The call of God is like the call of the sea— no one hears it except the person who has the nature of the sea in him. […] The things that happen do not happen by chance— they happen entirely by the decree of God. God is sovereignly working out His own purposes. […] As we grow in the Christian life, it becomes simpler to us, because we are less inclined to say, “I wonder why God allowed this or that?” And we begin to see that the compelling purpose of God lies behind everything in life, and that God is divinely shaping us into oneness with that purpose.”  CHAMBERS
 
When you read about the “Call”, do you think “that does not apply to me”.  Perhaps you think that God’s calling is for an elite group of Christians, one of which you are not.  Stop thinking that.  (Romans 8:29-31) “For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” Perhaps you feel that you have been called to live an ordinary life. You have been called to live a supernatural existence. (Romans 1:6) “And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.”  And you belong to Jesus. (John 6:37-38,40) “All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. […] For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life...”  You have been called by God to a new life in Christ.  From the day that you put your faith in Jesus, on the day that your name was written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
 
Be careful that you don’t treat your salvation, your new life, like something that comes from the world.  You are a child of the king, the creator God.  A supernatural truth that must be embraced and walked out by faith.  You have been called (2 Timothy 1:9) “God … has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity”.  It is possible to live as if you are not a Christian, in denial of your spiritual nature.  You may know that all too well. But if you choose to do that, you will miss out on God’s purpose for your life on this earth.  Although you may be heaven bound, but you will be no earthly good.  Embrace your calling and let your light shine.  CHARLEY

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