Day 1: Called to Something Greater
Reading: Ephesians 4:1-6
4 Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God. 2 Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love. 3 Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace. 4 For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future.
5 There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6 one God and Father of all,
who is over all, in all, and living through all.
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Devotional:
God does not call the qualified; He qualifies the called. Paul writes from prison, urging ordinary church members, not spiritual elites, to live worthy of their calling. This is a word for every believer sitting in every pew. The calling is not about performing religious duties or maintaining appearances. It is about recognizing that God has personally chosen you for a purpose that is larger than yourself. Before you can walk worthy, you must first believe you are called. Sit with that truth today. You are not an accident. You are summoned by a living God who has a plan for your life.
Do you truly believe God has called you personally, or does that feel like a title reserved for someone more qualified?
Write down one area of your life where you have not yet surrendered to God's calling. Bring it to Him in prayer today.
4 Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God. 2 Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love. 3 Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace. 4 For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future.
5 There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6 one God and Father of all,
who is over all, in all, and living through all.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Devotional:
God does not call the qualified; He qualifies the called. Paul writes from prison, urging ordinary church members, not spiritual elites, to live worthy of their calling. This is a word for every believer sitting in every pew. The calling is not about performing religious duties or maintaining appearances. It is about recognizing that God has personally chosen you for a purpose that is larger than yourself. Before you can walk worthy, you must first believe you are called. Sit with that truth today. You are not an accident. You are summoned by a living God who has a plan for your life.
Do you truly believe God has called you personally, or does that feel like a title reserved for someone more qualified?
Write down one area of your life where you have not yet surrendered to God's calling. Bring it to Him in prayer today.
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This was a good reminder for me today. I have a calling in my life. I know that clearly. God has repeatedly shown me that. But it’s so easy for that to get lost either in the busy-ness and the routine of life or in the lies that the enemy says that turn into negative self talk. He says I’m worthless, forgotten, not lovable, but the Creator of the Universe has called me Chosen and His. The voice of truth.
It’s rare that I feel God’s calling in my life and recognize it. I wish I could put into words how many lies the enemy whispers in my ear on a day to day basis. I will say, though, that the death of my Uncle (my dad’s eldest brother last Monday) was a huge surprise that God used to show me that He is using me. I’m trusting God’s faithfulness that He “chose” me to lead Tío Papito to Him before he died. God urged me weeks in advance in a service at Roxbury to reach out to Tío and make sure that he believed Christ was his savior so that the Lord could have one more broken soul that He could give salvation from this world full of temptation and the depths of hell. I chose to be obedient to the Lord and do what seemed hopeless and a waste of time because I recognized the Holy Spirit’s voice in my head rather than all the lies that are spewed at me sometimes second by second, day after day. My hope for myself and for everyone in the Church worldwide is that we can all be obedient to that voice and despite our brokenness grow the kingdom of God in obedience to Him and be able to be recognized as someone who doesn’t quite “fit in” with the world we live in.
What would the church look like if we all “lead a life worthy of our calling” and walked in the truth that if God has called us to something he is going to provide everything we need and equip us for the journey ahead. I love the quote that “before you can walk worthy you must first believe you are called” I think the enemy wants to whisper the lies we hear to keep us from standing in the truth that God is calling us to something larger than ourselves.
I believe we are all called. Dave talked about this before, the idea that we are all called to share in God’s ministry. I think the verse that stuck out to me was verse 2 today. It’s pretty easy to not be humble and gentle. We have to allow for each others faults and uniqueness.
I wish I knew with a certainty what God’s calling is for my life. I strive to love, follow and obey him. I used to think that was enough. I will be praying that the Holy Spirit reveals to me my purpose given by God.