You are Being Called
Friday, April 8, 2022
The Upward Call
Many believers talk about being called. They will say, "I know I am called or being called; God is calling me or there is a calling on my life." Imagine, there is someone outside your house saying, "come on out!" The person sitting inside says, "I know I am being called, someone is calling me," but they don't answer. Another person in a room hears the phone ringing. The person says, "someone is calling or I am being called. I know I am being called," but they don't answer the phone. That would be crazy, but no crazier than when believers spend their life talking or thinking about being called, but doing nothing. To be called is to be called to something, to move somewhere to respond. You have to answer that call, or that calling means nothing. If you are a believer, you are being called, and the first step is to begin by answering that call. God called His people throughout the Bible, but you only read about those who became heroes and heroines, those who answered the call. No calling is complete until you answer it.

Today's Mission
Answer God's calling on your life today. Take action to serve Him where He is moving you.

2 Timothy 1:9
9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
So don’t be embarrassed to speak up for our Master or for me, his prisoner. Take your share of suffering for the Message along with the rest of us. We can only keep on going, after all, by the power of God, who first saved us and then called us to this holy work. We had nothing to do with it. It was all his idea, a gift prepared for us in Jesus long before we knew anything about it. But we know it now. Since the appearance of our Savior, nothing could be plainer: death defeated, life vindicated in a steady blaze of light, all through the work of Jesus.