Our Highest Calling

August 9

Man isn’t placed on this planet to merely discover how much he can achieve of life’s good things. It isn’t his sole objective to see how expansive his social circle can be. He isn’t here to grasp power however he can take it and to wield it against those who may threaten his opportunities to use it.

Man is here to honor his Maker and to assure his own opportunity of one day dwelling eternally with Him. Jesus Christ has made that goal a reality in the lives of everyone who has been willing to simply place his life into the loving, nail-scared hands of the Lord.

In the process of living life, some never contemplate the claims of Christ upon their lives, however, because they are so busy trying to achieve good things, to expand their social circle and to exert power over other people and circumstances. It is to these people that those who believe in the Lord Jesus must extend their witness of the necessity for a Savior. Sometimes they may perceive that witness to be hurtful, intrusive, meddlesome.

Yet the Word tells us in Proverbs 17:6, “Wounds from a friend can be trusted but an enemy multiplies kisses.” If we truly care about the eternal well-being of our friends, we will pose the gospel message to them, even if they do not understand the sincerity of our intentions. We will apply Proverbs 27:17 to our outreach which says, “As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” The highest calling anyone who trusts in Jesus can fulfill is to honor Him by sharing the good news of salvation with the lost.