Word for Today, Wed, 04 Aug 2004: The Call of God
Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>
Dear friends,
Today's message discusses the call of God. The call of God is an
unusual one, it is unique, personal for each of us. The way in
which God calls me is unlikely to be the way in which He calls
you, for God is decidedly personal.
The God of the Bible deeply cares about each one of us,
especially those who are hurting. Just read today's story, then
be sure to read the account of today's story in the Bible.
Yours in Christ,
Brian
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August 5, 2004
THE BAFFLING CALL OF GOD
And all things that are written by the prophets concerning
the Son of Man shall be accomplished ... And they understood
none of these things.
Luke 18:31,34
http://www.SearchGodsWord.org/desk/?query=lu+18:31,34&sr=1
God called Jesus Christ to what seemed unmitigated disaster.
Jesus Christ called His disciples to see Him put to death; He led
every one of them to the place where their hearts were broken.
Jesus Christ's life was an absolute failure from every standpoint
but God's. But what seemed failure from man's standpoint was a
tremendous triumph from God's, because God's purpose is never
man's purpose.
There comes the baffling call of God in our lives also. The call
of God can never be stated explicitly; it is implicit. The call
of God is like the call of the sea, no one hears it but the one
who has the nature of the sea in him. It cannot be stated
definitely what the call of God is to, because His call is to be
in comradeship with Himself for His own purposes, and the test is
to believe that God knows what He is after. The things that
happen do not happen by chance, they happen entirely in the
decree of God. God is working out His purposes.
If we are in communion with God and recognize that He is taking
us into His purposes, we shall no longer try to find out what His
purposes are. As we go on in the Christian life it gets simpler,
because we are less inclined to say - Now why did God allow this
and that? Behind the whole thing lies the compelling of God.
"There's a divinity that shapes our ends." A Christian is one who
trusts the wits and the wisdom of God, and not his own wits. If
we have a purpose of our own, it destroys the simplicity and the
leisureliness which ought to characterize the children of God.
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