What is Your Calling?
There are so many people that are dying without knowing their calling
and in turn telling others about Christ. For more people to be saved it requires more people to know what their calling is.
God created human beings to be fully alive in union with Him. Are we allowing God to restore that union with the risen Christ to be fully alive in and through us?
“For many are called, but few are chosen.” Matthew 22:14
As believers, though we have freedom in Christ Jesus, it does not mean we are free to do whatever we want with our body. Our body belongs to Christ so we must not violate Jesus who lives in us or do anything with our body to dishonor Him. Your body is His temple.
**** Jesus wants you to be you!!!!
And you are your truest you, not when you are measuring yourself against someone else (or analyzing yourself at all for that matter), but when your eyes are fixed on Jesus (Hebrews 12:2) and you are following him in faith. And when you are serving others in love with the grace-gifts God has assigned to you (Romans 12:4-8).
So, no matter what today holds, be free from saying in your heart, “Lord what about this man?” For Jesus chose you (John 15:16), promised to supply all that you need (Philippians 4:19), and wants you to simply follow him.
*And if you humble yourself under his mighty hand, trusting him to redeem all your suffering, “thorns” (2 Corinthians 12:7) and weaknesses, he will exalt you at the proper time (1 Peter 5:6).
Suggestion: write a one page paper on:
*When did I hear my call, what did God say, and how did you respond.
*If you don’t know then ask God to reveal to you.
*Once written, read it to someone you trust and respect and ask God to give you the next step.
Philippians 3: 14 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.
*What matters is our walk with Christ and nothing is more important than that! Is God first?
Yes you have a gift and calling from your Heavenly Father, who loves you and has a great and important job for you to do.
*********Our Calling!!!
Each of us is needed in the harvest. God has issued a call to each of us. He never takes his call back. Many Believers go through their Christian walk without ever knowing and walking in their calling.
For God’s gifts and his call can never be withdrawn. Romans 11:29. Now Bury this deep in your heart!
1. Real calling produces faith- boldness, perseverance, and risk taking.
2. Real calling produces focus: disciplined time; divine appointments vs adjusting my schedule
3. Real calling produces divine assistance: open doors, finances, partners.
4. Real calling is confirmed by others: Acts 13:1-3, mature elders should be watching and confirming
5. Real calling produces much fruit: Jn 15:16 God chose you not you just choosing Him, Jn 15:8 bearing much fruit, Holy Spirit actively backs you up.
Today, I want to remind you that YOU are full of incredible potential. When God created you, He deposited seeds of greatness inside of you. YOU ARE HIS MASTERPIECE!!!!
* He’s given you your own dreams and desires. You have something to offer that no one else has.
* But too often, we allow adversities, disappointments and setbacks to push these things down, until one day, we find that we’re not moving forward anymore. We’re not stretching; we’re not believing to rise any higher.
When adversity comes, it’s easy to think, “Why is this happening to me?”
During the difficult times, remember that the gifts and callings God has placed within YOU are still there.
* Don’t become stagnate in pursuing your dreams!!
**James 1:22: do not merely listen and so decieve yourselves; but be doers of the word.
It is the Lord’s desire that you be free from all bondage. The price for your freedom has been paid(Cross), and all you have to do is access it by faith. Be free from all guilt and condemnation and let nothing come between you and the Lord. He has a plan for you! Listen to the Lord’s words: “You are Mine; You belong to Me. You are precious in My sight. Take refuge in that truth”.
*“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord” (Colossians 3:23).
*“Whatever you do, do all to the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31).
* “Whatever you do, do everything in the name of the Lord” (Colossians 3:17). By faith in Jesus, every act becomes this one thing—the work of the Lord.
“You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor”.(Psalm 8:5).
* According to the Bible, God made man to be the expression of God’s life, the human vehicle of the divine life, the means by which the invisible God would be made visible to His creatures.
*Man was to be the instrument by which God would do His work in the world and the expression of the character and being of God. He is the creature nearest to God. There is none other nearer, for God Himself was to live in man.
*That is the revelation of the Bible. Man is such a unique being, such a remarkable being, that God Himself intends to live in Him to be the glory of man’s life.
We thank You, Father, that IN YOU we find our true worth and identity.
“Father, thank You for the gifts and dreams You’ve placed within me. Today, I release my cares and concerns to You. Give me the strength, wisdom and clarity to keep moving forward so I can boldly embrace the good things You have in store for my future while giving You All the Glory and Praise, having my True Identity in You. Help me daily to hear Your CALL!!! In Jesus’ name. Amen.
“Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Matthew 28:19,20.
* He(Jesus) said to his disciples, “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. Matthew 9:37