We've been discussing the economy of God, or how it is that God manages His resources...namely us. Watching Jesus pray in the Gospel of Mark, the context surrounding His prayer is striking. This first recorded prayer indicates not only His confidence in the Father to hear but the certainty of His own calling. There's a word that's thrown around quite a bit - call our a calling from God. Paul was fond of the term as a descriptive to God managing what rightfully belongs to Him. God calling us is married to Christ proclaiming the Good News of an perfectly economic God. The call is voice of Jesus, calling us into His Kingdom- calling us into repentance, forgiveness and new life. The call is the cross of Jesus where God's economy comes into full balance - our sins paid by His blood. The call is a one-way, toll free, crystal clear and eternally loud ring that cannot be silenced! The call is a call to you and to me, to drop all the pretense of pious prattle and to actually live the life God Himself calls us to in Christ - a life of joy in a balanced economy for us and a life that abundantly gives as we have been given!
Friday, February 6, 2009
When God calls...
We've been discussing the economy of God, or how it is that God manages His resources...namely us. Watching Jesus pray in the Gospel of Mark, the context surrounding His prayer is striking. This first recorded prayer indicates not only His confidence in the Father to hear but the certainty of His own calling. There's a word that's thrown around quite a bit - call our a calling from God. Paul was fond of the term as a descriptive to God managing what rightfully belongs to Him. God calling us is married to Christ proclaiming the Good News of an perfectly economic God. The call is voice of Jesus, calling us into His Kingdom- calling us into repentance, forgiveness and new life. The call is the cross of Jesus where God's economy comes into full balance - our sins paid by His blood. The call is a one-way, toll free, crystal clear and eternally loud ring that cannot be silenced! The call is a call to you and to me, to drop all the pretense of pious prattle and to actually live the life God Himself calls us to in Christ - a life of joy in a balanced economy for us and a life that abundantly gives as we have been given!
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A famous "call" from Isaiah 6:3-8:
And one called to another and said:
"Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;
the whole earth is full of His glory!"
And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. And I said: "Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!"
Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. And he touched my mouth and said: "Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for."
And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here am I! Send me."
One thing that is important is to be equipped to not only hear the voice, but to be capable of doing what is expected of us when we hear his voice. It is easy if things work perfectly, but when issues arise we start questioning was that the voice of God or did I just eat too many hot dogs?" Thankfuly we serve a living God that will be with us in every situation, our job is to be a vessel that is deligent in seeking the Lord day and night. The best way is through study of his word( I feel study is the highest form of praise). In his economy he is the one that is the rewarder of those that seek him.
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