Many of us strive to know the calling of God on our lives. We question whether or not we should be in a particular ministry, take a certain job, move across the country, and so on. It is so easy to get caught up in figuring out the details of our calling and forget the primary call on our lives: to be saints. The call of God to be saints never has to be questioned. Regardless of our status in life, whether were rich or poor, intelligent or lacking intelligence, talented or seemingly without great talent, every Christian is called to be a saint. What does it mean to be called to be a saint? The word translated called in the Greek is kletos and means to be invited, or divinely selected and appointed. The word translated saint in the Greek is hagios and means to be holy. Thus, we have been invited and divinely selected and appointed by God, to be holy. If we focused initially on the word saint, with its meaning to be holy, we might give up. We know wed fall short. From a natural perspective, holiness is an impossible thing for us to achieve. But we take comfort in the fact that God has called, or invited and divinely selected us to be holy. God is involved in the process. As we focus on the call to be holy, the other things will become clearer, and well be better equipped to do them. If we concentrate first on being saints, everything else will fall into place. Have a blessed day - 3N4G
Posted on: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 13:49:52 +0000
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