LOOK:

Do you have an Evite from God calling you to do something larger than yourself? Larger than your education? Larger than your life experiences? Larger than your work experience? Larger than your belief in yourself? Larger because of the time commitment required? If the invitation to do something extraordinary wasn’t larger than ourselves, then why would we “need God?” What kind of calling is that? What if I told you that His call will always be larger than ourselves?

There are plenty of Scripture passages that remind us that anything He calls us to do is never done in our strength or flesh. John 15:1-5 reminds us that Jesus is the true vine and we are the branch. Apart from Him, we can do nothing. In Phil 1:6 Paul reminds us that we can be confident that “he who began a good work in us will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” In I Thess 5:24 we read that “The one who calls you is faithful, and He will do it. How many times does He remind us of His promise to never leave us or forsake us?

It’s time to click “YES.” When God calls us, it’s because He already had a plan to use us to accomplish His purpose or will to advance His kingdom. I marvel at the fact that God uses our past to prepare us for our future. Do you think it was helpful that Moses got to be raised as the Prince of Egypt and to get the best education available? Do you think it was coincidental that Moses accepted with humility being a shepherd over a few sheep in a Gentile land? Nothing that happens in our lives goes to waste. He calls us at His appointed time with the appointed task He’s giving us. Our sense of readiness is not what He looks at! If God waited on us to feel “ready,” none of us would get His invitation to accomplish something extraordinary with His presence and His empowerment. His plan was already made in advance as we talked about last week, so the question becomes, “Are you willing to accept what He has for you?”

Please click “YES!”