THE WORD 4 ev 1

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This morning Jesus says, “Follow me.”

This past Sunday morning, in Bible class, pastor Jon made the comment that Christians who were raised in the Church often have a tendency to take things for granted concerning Christian “calling,” “sending,” and “mission.” At times, my own experience has been this. Sometimes it takes a real conscious effort to step out of our own self-imposed status quo and take a fresh look at our Christian lives. Do we perennially ask ourselves the questions: How is Jesus calling me? Will I come when he calls?

It would seem that one of the greatest hindrances in coming to Jesus is the excuse of temperament. We make our temperament and our natural affinities barriers to coming to Jesus when he calls. The first thing we realize when we come to Jesus is that He pays no attention whatever to our natural affinities. We have the false idea that we can more properly discern how our gifts, talents and time can be used in his service. But the truth is, how can you give what is not yours? Such things are gifts that have been given to you by our Lord.

Consider the words of the great devotional writer, Oswald Chambers, who said, “If you will give God your right to yourself, He will make a holy experiment out of you. God's experiments always succeed.”

In this New year, take to heart your calling as a child of God. You are not your own any longer. You are called to a greater purpose. Pray about it!

But heed also Oswald Chambers warning: “If you abandon to Jesus, and come when He says "Come," He will continue to say "Come" through you; you will go out into life reproducing the echo of Christ's "Come." That is the result in every soul who has abandoned and come to Jesus.”

Have I come to Jesus? Will I come now?
LORD HELP ME…
Pastor Aaron

P.S. Sorry for the tardiness of these last two posts. I will work on that.