Hi guys, my name is Sam. Now Nat is away this weekend and she has asked that I keep you entertained on here for a day. I have my own blog which I would love you to visit at Sam’s Big Bible Blog.Anyway on with the post.
Are you called? Does God have a plan for you? Is there something God wants you to do that only you can do?
I believe that the answer is yes, I believe that there is a mission and a calling for every single person. Now knowing what this calling is can be a struggle and take a long time to become clear. It can seem at times that God has no plan for our lives or that He is not interested in using us. The truth however is that God does all things in His time, He does things in ways that we cannot imagine and at times we would least expect.
Isaiah 55:8-9
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the LORD.
“As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
God’s ways and God’s thoughts are so far beyond us that unless God chooses to reveal them to us we have no chance of knowing them. In addition to this God’s time is not our time, what God considers a reasonable length of time and what we consider reasonable are not always the same. In addition to this, what we want to do, where we see our life heading has no bearing on what God will ask us to do.
If we have plans for our lives, if we have ideas about where we would like to be and they are not in keeping with Christlike living you can guarantee that God will have other plans for us. His plans may seem difficult and a complete change to our lives they may even seem dangerous but following Christ is a whole of life change.
Mark 10:17-21
As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, you shall not defraud, honour your father and mother.”
“Teacher,” he declared, “all these I have kept since I was a boy.”
Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
If we are going to follow Christ then we must start by asking God to help us become the people we should be. We need to pray that we can be given the strength and will to make the changes in our lives that we need to. We need to pray to God for the guidance and help to bring us to the point where we are ready to know what it is that He wants us to do. God will not ask us to do anything that we could not do, He would not ask us to do anything we are not prepared for. He will ensure that we have the skills and have learned the lessons we need before we are sent out into the world to complete the calling God has for us. He may ask us to do something we do not want to do, and at that point we need to decide what we will do, will we be like the young rich man or like the apostles who followed Christ instantly.
There are many things that God may call us to do and we should be careful not to lump special significance on any one calling. There is no person and no calling who is superior in the eyes of God. Whatever it is that God calls us to do we should do it with joy and happiness in our hearts. Rejoice in your calling whatever it maybe, in doing it you will be praising God and shining His light through your life. If you are called to be an office assistant nothing else will make you or God happier than you going out everyday into your workplace and showing Christ in your conduct and actions. If you are called to be a doctor, teacher, fireman or even a minister there is nothing but that calling that will make your life complete.
If you don’t yet know your calling do not try to give yourself one, do not try and attach significance and signs where there are none. Instead pray to God and ask him to show you the way to go, ask God to show you what you should be doing, ask Him how to learn the lessons you need to learn before you can discover your calling. Don’t be impatient, instead ask that He will prepare you to know, and prepare you for the tasks that will be asked of you in the future.
A calling is something that is personal between you and God and no one but God can tell you what that calling is. All we can do is ensure that we do everything we can in order to prepare ourselves and make sure we are ready when He calls. If we ensure we follow right living, study our Bibles and have a healthy prayer life then we are doing what we should be. As long as this is the case and we allow ourselves to be taught by God then we need not worry about what our calling is or when the call will come. If we are always open to God and His messages and signs we can be sure that God will take care of everything else including letting us know what He wants us to do. This does not mean we should sit back and relax or that we should not look for our calling. We should live our lives as we know we should taking every opportunity to grow in faith and learn about God until He reveals His plan for us.
Here is to Nat having a great weekend and making progress on her faith journey. She has made the step in knowing she has much to learn and is trying to learn what she can where and when she can. Pray for Nat, that she will move towards the place that God wants her to be and that she will make strides on the path that God has placed before her.
Are you called? Does God have a plan for you? Is there something God wants you to do that only you can do?
I believe that the answer is yes, I believe that there is a mission and a calling for every single person. Now knowing what this calling is can be a struggle and take a long time to become clear. It can seem at times that God has no plan for our lives or that He is not interested in using us. The truth however is that God does all things in His time, He does things in ways that we cannot imagine and at times we would least expect.
Isaiah 55:8-9
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the LORD.
“As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
God’s ways and God’s thoughts are so far beyond us that unless God chooses to reveal them to us we have no chance of knowing them. In addition to this God’s time is not our time, what God considers a reasonable length of time and what we consider reasonable are not always the same. In addition to this, what we want to do, where we see our life heading has no bearing on what God will ask us to do.
If we have plans for our lives, if we have ideas about where we would like to be and they are not in keeping with Christlike living you can guarantee that God will have other plans for us. His plans may seem difficult and a complete change to our lives they may even seem dangerous but following Christ is a whole of life change.
Mark 10:17-21
As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, you shall not defraud, honour your father and mother.”
“Teacher,” he declared, “all these I have kept since I was a boy.”
Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
If we are going to follow Christ then we must start by asking God to help us become the people we should be. We need to pray that we can be given the strength and will to make the changes in our lives that we need to. We need to pray to God for the guidance and help to bring us to the point where we are ready to know what it is that He wants us to do. God will not ask us to do anything that we could not do, He would not ask us to do anything we are not prepared for. He will ensure that we have the skills and have learned the lessons we need before we are sent out into the world to complete the calling God has for us. He may ask us to do something we do not want to do, and at that point we need to decide what we will do, will we be like the young rich man or like the apostles who followed Christ instantly.
There are many things that God may call us to do and we should be careful not to lump special significance on any one calling. There is no person and no calling who is superior in the eyes of God. Whatever it is that God calls us to do we should do it with joy and happiness in our hearts. Rejoice in your calling whatever it maybe, in doing it you will be praising God and shining His light through your life. If you are called to be an office assistant nothing else will make you or God happier than you going out everyday into your workplace and showing Christ in your conduct and actions. If you are called to be a doctor, teacher, fireman or even a minister there is nothing but that calling that will make your life complete.
If you don’t yet know your calling do not try to give yourself one, do not try and attach significance and signs where there are none. Instead pray to God and ask him to show you the way to go, ask God to show you what you should be doing, ask Him how to learn the lessons you need to learn before you can discover your calling. Don’t be impatient, instead ask that He will prepare you to know, and prepare you for the tasks that will be asked of you in the future.
A calling is something that is personal between you and God and no one but God can tell you what that calling is. All we can do is ensure that we do everything we can in order to prepare ourselves and make sure we are ready when He calls. If we ensure we follow right living, study our Bibles and have a healthy prayer life then we are doing what we should be. As long as this is the case and we allow ourselves to be taught by God then we need not worry about what our calling is or when the call will come. If we are always open to God and His messages and signs we can be sure that God will take care of everything else including letting us know what He wants us to do. This does not mean we should sit back and relax or that we should not look for our calling. We should live our lives as we know we should taking every opportunity to grow in faith and learn about God until He reveals His plan for us.
Here is to Nat having a great weekend and making progress on her faith journey. She has made the step in knowing she has much to learn and is trying to learn what she can where and when she can. Pray for Nat, that she will move towards the place that God wants her to be and that she will make strides on the path that God has placed before her.
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