i have been called to.....

Writing to most Christians...

Do you ever recall instances when you feel that God has really called you to do something? and in time either because it was not time yet, or you needed to grow deeper in Jesus, or else because time passed and you simply haven't done anything about it?

Do you remember how passionate we used to pray when we first became Christians? How many hours we used to read the bible? How we enjoyed listening to older Christians speak about their faith? or how much we loved to learn about our God?

Have we sometimes forgotten about our one true Love? or just taken him for grunted? Have we allowed our calling slip away? or have we left it there until we think we can settle our lives?

This morning i just finished a book by Barry woodworth, Once an addict. This guy was a heavy drug user and also a dealer, in and out of prison. During one night whilst he was still a heavy drug user and he got mentally ****** always hearing voices. He felt prompted by God to go to a town, He was definatley on drugs but he knew God had called him to this place so he stripped nakes crossed a river and knocked at a place he thought he was called to. Obviously the lady who opened called the police seeing a man naked who wanted to come in.

Years later he found himself in a church with his neighbour, and there was an alter call( he had forgotten about being called) and he was healed of his addictions, After some weeks studying the bible and praying he understood his calling and it was to become an evangelist. He enrolled in a Bible school, whilst on his way there he realised it was a few blocks away from were he was called by God in the first time!

Sometimes its Good to allow God to take care of our calling, but when he tells us its time.. are we willing to let go? let go off our securities in life? Living 100% for God? Its a definatly hard thing to do. But this thought of letting everything go was haunting me all morning, untill i realised who my earthly securities are... but am i willing to let them go and follow his calling?.....

I hope that you take your calling seriously and ask you to take time out to think who God is in your life.. is he the pilot or your co pilot?