10th June, 2019
HOLY CALLING
David Abankwah
READ: Hebrews 9:15
Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
-2 Timothy 1:9 | KJV
I quite remember a story a Pastor told us during his sermon delivery. He said, there was one lady who was not receiving any call for quite a long time. She waited for people to call her but no call was coming through. She had one phone and two sims (subscriber identity modules). She thought, ‘Maybe my two sims are not working that is why no one is calling me.’ So she put the other sim into another phone and tried calling the other line. The call came through and she knew it was not the fault of the sim operators neither was there any fault from her line either, but it was because, no one bothered calling her.
Let us ask ourselves this question, why was she so eager waiting for people to call her? What was in calling that she solely desired to achieve? What feeling could she have had if that moment, someone special called her? When someone calls you, it is because there is a need. You are important to be called for a mission. You are special when people call you. When people call you often, it is because they can confide in you. When you receive numerous calls, it is because they find you to be a solution to a problem they are facing. Calling shouldn’t be a bother to the one who is been summoned but a privilege to be seen.
One funny thing is that, as a kid any time your mother calls you for an errand, you sometimes want to turn deaf ears. Sometimes you chuckle or sighs or even go on to shout at her depicting your frustration but this same person when his girlfriend calls him, you see him blocking his mouth with cloth in order to speak in a light way and sound better to someone who didn’t give birth to him. God who is greater than our parents also calls His children. He knows sometimes we will chuckle at Him. He knows very well that we will snub Him, yet that doesn’t change anything. It doesn’t move Him to abort the purpose He has for us.
As humans, we are shortsighted and limited to the judgement of the future when God will destroy everyone who turned deaf ears to His calling. The calling of God may not be spectacular as Paul’s own was, but could be mild as Matthew was: ‘Follow me’. You don’t have to see God speaking to you in visions, dreams or revelations. He always calls you through His Word. Jesus Christ is calling you now through this devotional. Will you heed to His call now or turn deaf ears again? Always remember that, you have today, but you may not have tomorrow.
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