Our Heavenly Calling

1 June

As we prepare for the 100K blessing, we had a good opportunity to share at G12 meeting tonight about what God has in store for each one of us – whether it is the 5-fold ministry in Eph 4:11 or in our marketplace. We concluded that God has a special journey for each one of us and we are committed to see each other equipping our disciples and ourselves for the works of service that we may all be built up until we reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and will become mature .. so that we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves and blown here and there by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. Instead, we will speak the truth in LOVE. But we recognize that we cannot share another person's faith ..not even that of our spouse' though we may be of one flesh. Each person has his own spiritual journey to walk!

The Lord brought to me the story of Jonah in the whale's belly as I thought about my calling. Do we sometimes run away from where God has called us to go, just like Jonah? Even though, like Jonah, we know that God is a God who is gracious, compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, yet we 'bargain' and are even sometimes angry with God …  Do we even have the right to be angry, anyway? Read Jonah 4.

Even if our anger is valid, in light of our personal calling, the Lord reminded me that all things belong to him – our calling, our gifts, our talents, our money, our families, our time, our careers etc… and He is more concerned about all of these things than us. But like in Jonah 4:10 .. Have we been concerned about the things that are of temporal value? What is the heart of God in light of all this? In verse 11, God poses a question to each of us – Should we not have compassion, love and be concerned about our great city, our loved ones, the poor and the needy and those who are Lost instead? Yes! We want to make our lives count for eternity! We want to have a passion for the Lost and a deep love and devotion for God.

Let's take time to soberly reflect on our journey here on earth ….☺☺