WE ARE ALL CALLED

Josh Beardsley

What is a calling? Webster’s dictionary defines it as – a call or summons. It’s also a “church word” that often gets used to describe what God is calling or wanting you to do, in reference to life, career, or ministry.

Throughout the bible we can see examples of God calling people. For example, in Exodus God calls Moses to free his people from the Pharaoh of Egypt. Another example is when he calls David to defeat Goliath and become King in 1 Samuel. In every example there is one factor I noticed that seems to be the same. When God calls, he calls you to go, or move, or shift. In order to answer his call we must be okay with leaving behind where we are! For example, what if when God called David to go and fight Goliath, David responded and said “Nah that’s ok God I’m comfortable here with these sheep…” He wouldn’t have defeated Goliath and would have never become the King!

God calls many people in many different ways. Sometimes he calls you to be the head pastor of a huge church, and sometimes he simply calls you to make PB&J sandwiches and pass them out to the less fortunate. No matter what his calling is on your life, you have to be willing to move, change, shift, or leave where you are! As for those of you who are thinking, ‘well that’s all great but I haven’t felt God call me to something yet…’ I can tell you, yes He has!! He calls everyone who has become a believer in Jesus! 

 

Read Matthew 28:18-20

Jesus tells his disciples to GO out into the whole earth and make disciples. This means we are all called to get up, take action, go out into the world in your everyday life and reflect Christ wherever God calls you to go!