Two blog posts in one day, it must be a miracle. :)To be honest though I wrote the previous blog post months ago, but never got around to publishing it. I just found it again when I went to write this post. If you've haven't had a chance to read the previous one (since it was literally just posted), it is about living a life worthy of your calling. And in a God-thing, connects quite well to this one. If I want to live a life worthy of my calling it it brings the question: what is my calling? This is what the Father has been revealing to me the past few days...
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew (chose) you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." -Jeremiah 1:5
We are not here by mistake. We are not some afterthought or some accident. Before we were born, before we were even a possibility in our parents' lives, the Father knew us. He chose us. He chose and brought you forth for a purpose. He chose me and brought me forth for a purpose. As you live your life, are you just walking around aimlessly, thinking that at some point, some day, you may have a purpose from God or are you walking knowing what His purpose is for you right now, in this hour?
Before he was born, before he was even formed in his mother's womb, the Father set Jeremiah apart to be a prophet "to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant" (Jeremiah 1:10). What did God call you to do? It may not be a prophet for "God has appointed first off apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues" (1 Corinthians 12:28), What is your gift? We need to know our calling. "Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure" (2 Peter 1:10).
It can be a scary thought trying to figure out what your calling is (at least for me). However, what you do and what you are called to do does not have to look like the calling of your brothers and sisters. You are not insignificant just because you do not have the same gift as those around you. For "there are different gifts, but the same spirit. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men" (1 Corinthians 12:4-6). Remember that it is the Father who determines your gift. "All of these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and He gives them to each one, just as He determines" (1 Corinthians 12:11). I love that! HE determines what our gift is going to be. Stop worrying about coming up with something on your own (Self I'm talking to you) and just abide in Him. He will lead and guide you into what you are suppose to be doing and where you are suppose to be. "But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, (not just some, but EVERYONE of them. Yes, that means you!), just as He wanted them to be" (1 Corinthians 12:18).
To be honest, if I was with someone in person, I'm not sure that I would be able to say all this. I'm not a talkative person. I'm quite and shy. So I may not be the mouth of the body, but that doesn't mean I don't matter or don't belongs. I was born to be a worshiper. Quit trying to fit where you think you should and just be what He called you to be.
"That's All Folks!"
Friday, March 17, 2017
Live A Life Worthy
Are you living a life worthy of the calling you have received?
"As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it." Ephesians 4:1-7
Over the past few months the Lord has been making real to me about living a life worthy of the calling I have received. He has been working deep in my spirit drawing me closer to Him because the only way we can walk in a manner worthy is by His grace. There is nothing in me that will allow me to do this on my own. I will make mistakes, I will fall short time and time again. But the most awesome thing about it, is that it doesn't matter. No matter how many times I fall and fail, He is always there to catch me. His blood washes over me, cleansing me, making me holy. Through Him we have been sanctified (1 Corinthians 6:11, Hebrews 10:10). Through Him we have been made holy. Through Him we have been made perfect (Hebrews 10:14). Through Him I live and have my being (Acts 17:28). Through Him I can do ALL things (Philippians 4:13). Through Him NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE (Matthew 19:26; Luke 1:37). Through Him, through Him, through Him. It is all through Him. Like Paul wrote in Philippians 3:12-14, "Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do, forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."
I will leave you with the question He has been asking me for months: Are you living a life worthy of the calling you received?
"That's All Folks!"
"As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it." Ephesians 4:1-7
Over the past few months the Lord has been making real to me about living a life worthy of the calling I have received. He has been working deep in my spirit drawing me closer to Him because the only way we can walk in a manner worthy is by His grace. There is nothing in me that will allow me to do this on my own. I will make mistakes, I will fall short time and time again. But the most awesome thing about it, is that it doesn't matter. No matter how many times I fall and fail, He is always there to catch me. His blood washes over me, cleansing me, making me holy. Through Him we have been sanctified (1 Corinthians 6:11, Hebrews 10:10). Through Him we have been made holy. Through Him we have been made perfect (Hebrews 10:14). Through Him I live and have my being (Acts 17:28). Through Him I can do ALL things (Philippians 4:13). Through Him NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE (Matthew 19:26; Luke 1:37). Through Him, through Him, through Him. It is all through Him. Like Paul wrote in Philippians 3:12-14, "Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do, forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."
I will leave you with the question He has been asking me for months: Are you living a life worthy of the calling you received?
"That's All Folks!"
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