CALL OF GOD
HAS GOD CALLED ME TO DO SPECIFIC THINGS?
Ecclesiastes 11:9 . . . Do everything you want to do; take it all in. But remember that you must give an account to God for everything you do.
God gives us the freedom to do what we think is best, but we will answer for everything we do.
Jeremiah 1:4-5 . . . The Lord gave me a message. . . I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my spokesman to the world.
Sometimes God may call us to fulfill a very specific ministry. When that happens, he will make sure that we know it.
1 Corinthians 12:4-7 . . . There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but it is the same Holy Spirit who is the source of them all. . . A spiritual gift is given to each of us as a means of helping the entire church.
2 Timothy 4:5 . . . Complete the ministry God has given you.
God has given each of us a special ministry that he wants us to perform in the church to build up the body and bring glory to his name.
HOW DO I KNOW WHAT MY CALLING IS?
Psalm 119:105 . . . Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path.
The first step in knowing our calling is to get to know God intimately through his word and let him guide us through it in everything.
Daniel 1:17 . . . God gave these four young men an unusual aptitude for learning the literature and science of the time.
God has given each of us special aptitudes and abilities. These help us to see the kinds of things that we should be doing.
Acts 20:24 . . . My life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus.
When God gives us a specific calling, it fills our thoughts and energies, so that we pursue it wholeheartedly.
Romans 12:2 . . . Let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do.
When we let God transform us by the power of his Holy Spirit, he will show us what he wants us to do.
PROMISE FROM GOD:
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 . . . May the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until that day when our Lord Jesus Christ comes again. God, who calls you, is faithful; he will do this.