Calling According to His Purpose

  Calling According to His Purpose

The apostle Paul urges us to live a life worthy of our calling.

Ephesians 3:1

Calling, purpose, reason for being here.

Life is more than existence.

So what is my calling?

What do I have to do in order to be worthy? 

A much quoted verse in Romans gives us some neat clues.

In Chapter 8, verse 28, we get some tremendous news.

In all things,

God is working for the best benefits

of those who love Him.

If you love God,

there is not an area of your life

He is not working in.

Not one area He isn’t

working good things

out for you.

The outcome of your life and mine

is divinely coming together because we

are called according to His purpose and plan.

The answer to what is our calling

is stated very clearly in Romans 8:29.

We are called to model Christ in the earth.

Simple - WWJD

In every area of our life, we ask,

“What would Jesus do” and “do it.”

You and I were ordained.

In fact, the ordination happened

before the creation of the world.

I clearly remember when I was

ordained as an Elder/ Pastor.

I never felt worthy or adequate.

What I had to realize was God put me there.

God has ordained you with

the calling to be like His Son.

You and I can not justify our calling,

but God can and He did.

And because God justified you,

He will also glorify you.

So the good, God is working out

of your life will be glorious.

So this thing about calling and predestination

is not to be complicated.

Just do what you think Jesus would do.

That’s the road to good and glorious things.

Scripture Reading

Ephesians 4:1-2 NIV

 As a prisoner for the Lord, then,

I urge you to live

a life worthy of the calling

you have received.

Romans 8:28-30 NIV

28 And we know that in all things

God works for the good of those who love him,

who have been called according to his purpose.

29 For those God foreknew

he also predestined

to be conformed

to the likeness of his Son,

that he might be the firstborn

among many brothers.

30 And those he predestined,

he also called;

those he called,

he also justified;

those he justified,

he also glorified.