He Shares With You

November 28

Called. It’s a word that has varying significance, depending upon your religious affiliation. To people without any particular religious persuasion, it means nothing more than an action involving a telephone: I called you, but you didn’t answer.

To those who deny God speaks to men today, it may be a mere reflection upon the apostles of Christ, who felt they were called to follow Him—in all but John’s case—called to follow Him to their deaths.

The evangelical Christian who hears the word thinks of it as the undeniable touch of God upon the lives of those He selects to serve Him in a special way. Some are ‘called’ to serve Him as missionaries or as pastors or as Biblical teachers. Some are ‘called’ to serve Him with their gifts—to write for Him as Max Lucado does or to share their musical talent for Him as many gifted musicians do. But the Bible tells us we are called to something too lovely to restrict to a few.

It is a calling to which all who own Christ as Savior and Lord may lay claim. In I Corinthians 1:9, Paul says, “God has called you to share everything with His Son Jesus Christ, our Lord—and HE is faithful.” He has called you. Not someone else—you! And He who has called you is faithful to woo you by His Spirit to His Son Jesus Christ who gave Himself on Calvary’s cross to save you from sin and to share with you everything that’s His—His eternal reign in glory.