Posts with the tag “calling”

"If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth." - Colossians 3:1-2 When your life changes, your focus should too. That’s exactly what Paul was getting at when he wrote to the Colossians. He wasn’t giving them a motivational speech or trying to help...  Read More

"Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you." - Luke 8:39 It’s one of the most overlooked stories in the Gospels. Jesus gets into a boat, travels through a brutal storm, steps foot on foreign soil, casts out a legion of demons from a man living among tombs, then gets back in the boat and leaves. All of that for one man. Not a crowd. Not a city-wide revival. Just one life that e...  Read More

"Jesus then asked him, ‘What is your name?’ And he said, ‘Legion,’ for many demons had entered him." - Luke 8:30 Before Jesus cast out the demons, before He healed the man in Luke 8, before anything changed on the outside, He asked a simple question: “What is your name?” That might seem like a small detail, but it speaks volumes about the heart of God. Jesus was not just dealing with a problem. He...  Read More

"As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, ‘Follow me.’ And he rose and followed him." - Matthew 9:9 Matthew was not looking for Jesus when Jesus called him. He was not praying or reading Scripture or showing signs of deep repentance. He was sitting in a tax booth, doing a job most people hated him for, when grace interrupted his routi...  Read More

"Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, 'Follow me.' And he rose and followed him." - Matthew 9:9 You don’t have to clean yourself up before God can use you. He isn’t waiting on you to become impressive. He’s just waiting for you to follow. That might sound simple, but for a lot of us, it's hard to believe. Especially when you’ve been ...  Read More

"That you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light." – 1 Peter 2:9 Some people live their whole lives trying to find their purpose. They chase influence, build platforms, or shrink into silence, hoping someone else will take the lead. But if you belong to Jesus, your purpose is not a mystery. God didn’t save you to sit quietly in the background. ...  Read More

"Then the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, ‘Moses, Moses!’ And he said, ‘Here I am.’" – Exodus 3:4 Moses wasn’t in a temple when God spoke to him in Exodus 3. He wasn’t in a prayer meeting or reading Scripture. He was tending sheep in the wilderness, walking the same paths he had probably walked for years. It was an ordinary day in an ordinary place. Until i...  Read More

“So they said to him, ‘Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” – John 6:30-31 When reading John 6, we can see that the crowd wanted more bread. They wanted more signs and another show. They followed Jesus not because they loved Him, but because He had...  Read More

“God said to Moses, ‘I AM WHO I AM.’ And he said, ‘Say this to the people of Israel: I AM has sent me to you.’” – Exodus 3:14 When God called Moses at the burning bush, He didn’t give him a pep talk about his skill set. He didn’t offer a leadership manual or walk through the basics of public speaking. Instead, when Moses asked, “Who should I say sent me?” God simply replied, “I AM.” In other words...  Read More

"But Moses said to God, 'Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?' He said, 'But I will be with you.'" – Exodus 3:11–12 Moses had a million reasons to disqualify himself. He was a runaway with a past. He had no clout in Egypt, no eloquent voice, and no army at his back. When God called him, his first reaction was the same as ours often is, "Who am I?" But...  Read More