Your calling
"Follow me." The Lord Jesus to His disciples
Following the Spirit is every believers calling, no matter what. No matter where you are in life, you have one thing to do: follow the Spirit.
This is our very salvation, which is our calling, the essential meaning of being called.
This is our full time ministry. To be saved, to be a believer, is to be called by God.
Jesus' simple command to follow Him was the call and salvation of his first followers, and of His followers even today.
This means a lot to me because I always wanted to be called to do "full time ministry," meaning to get paid to follow the Spirit. But I didn't realize that by simply working as a believer I am getting paid to follow the Spirit, though I'm not part of an institutionalized ministry. Whatever I do, I am to work with all of my heart as towards God and not man, as Paul said. It's God whom I serve. I've always been a full time minister, and if you believe in Christ, so have you, no matter where you are in your life.
Say you're feeling like your life is a mistake because you took a job you shouldn't have taken. Or you moved to a location that you regret. Maybe you're in a relationship that is no where near what you hoped it would be. Now, living in regret, you're retracing your steps and wondering how you can start over, how you can fulfill your calling. I have good news for you.
Say you were an unbeliever, married to an unbeliever, when you first believed in the Lord. Like Paul says, you should remain married, which is the situation you were in when God called you, even though your spouse is an unbeliever. This is a hard situation to be in. But God will lead you in that situation, or out of that situation. Until He leads, stay where you are.
Or say you were working a particular job before you believed in Jesus. Now that you believe, you're wondering if you should change jobs. Again, stay in that situation, and God will lead you while you're in it, or He will lead you out of it.
Of course, the exception to all of this is if you were doing something illegal as a job, or if you were committing adultery against someone else's marriage. In those situations, your salvation means that you leave your sinful life. You never stay in a sinful situation. God never calls you to sin, or to stay in sin.
But if you simply regret where you are, stay there, and follow the Spirit. Pray for God to set you free, and even look for His liberation. Don't try to liberate yourself, unless you are resisting or leaving a situation of sin. Stay where you were when you were saved, when God called you.
This is your calling: follow the Spirit wherever He leads. This is all the apostles had to do when Jesus said, "Follow me." Wherever He went, they went. Whatever He commanded, they obeyed.
It's the same for you and me.
This is my calling.
This is your calling.
Follow the Spirit.
Following the Spirit is every believers calling, no matter what. No matter where you are in life, you have one thing to do: follow the Spirit.
This is our very salvation, which is our calling, the essential meaning of being called.
This is our full time ministry. To be saved, to be a believer, is to be called by God.
Jesus' simple command to follow Him was the call and salvation of his first followers, and of His followers even today.
This means a lot to me because I always wanted to be called to do "full time ministry," meaning to get paid to follow the Spirit. But I didn't realize that by simply working as a believer I am getting paid to follow the Spirit, though I'm not part of an institutionalized ministry. Whatever I do, I am to work with all of my heart as towards God and not man, as Paul said. It's God whom I serve. I've always been a full time minister, and if you believe in Christ, so have you, no matter where you are in your life.
Say you're feeling like your life is a mistake because you took a job you shouldn't have taken. Or you moved to a location that you regret. Maybe you're in a relationship that is no where near what you hoped it would be. Now, living in regret, you're retracing your steps and wondering how you can start over, how you can fulfill your calling. I have good news for you.
Wherever you are, stay there.
God will lead you while you are in your situation,
or He will lead you out of your situation.
It is written,
"Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them."
1 Corinthians 7:20.
Say you were an unbeliever, married to an unbeliever, when you first believed in the Lord. Like Paul says, you should remain married, which is the situation you were in when God called you, even though your spouse is an unbeliever. This is a hard situation to be in. But God will lead you in that situation, or out of that situation. Until He leads, stay where you are.
Or say you were working a particular job before you believed in Jesus. Now that you believe, you're wondering if you should change jobs. Again, stay in that situation, and God will lead you while you're in it, or He will lead you out of it.
Of course, the exception to all of this is if you were doing something illegal as a job, or if you were committing adultery against someone else's marriage. In those situations, your salvation means that you leave your sinful life. You never stay in a sinful situation. God never calls you to sin, or to stay in sin.
But if you simply regret where you are, stay there, and follow the Spirit. Pray for God to set you free, and even look for His liberation. Don't try to liberate yourself, unless you are resisting or leaving a situation of sin. Stay where you were when you were saved, when God called you.
This is your calling: follow the Spirit wherever He leads. This is all the apostles had to do when Jesus said, "Follow me." Wherever He went, they went. Whatever He commanded, they obeyed.
It's the same for you and me.
This is my calling.
This is your calling.
Follow the Spirit.
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