Let’s settle this right here and right now. You are called! There is no question about that. If you are saying, “Called? Me?” Yes! You!
Every person on the planet was created with a purpose. Every creature of God has a calling. That includes you!
No person’s calling is better or higher than another’s. Every calling is valuable.
The important thing is to discover what it is and fulfill it. That is your divine potential. Your divine destiny.
You want to say YES to God? Saying yes starts with hearing God, right?
YES is a response. We don’t say it without a reason! So, what are we saying YES to? A calling? You might say, “Isn’t that only for pastors and other spiritual leaders? God hasn’t really called me, has He? And if He has called me, then what am I supposed to do?”
Let me affirm something. God is calling you! He is, has, and will continue to call you. As a person who wants to say YES to Him, firmly fix that into your belief system. God is calling you.
Once you have that firmly fixed in place, then it’s time to consider the other question: “If God has been and is calling me, then what am I supposed to do?” That can be so intimidating!
The truth is that every single one of us feels ill-equipped for a calling from God. If we are honest, we’ll admit that deep down inside of us, there is no way that we can fulfill a task assigned by God Himself. Yikes!
I’ll talk more about that later, but right now, I want to put you at ease. Whatever God may be asking you to do is not His primary calling, and His primary calling is one that anyone can answer.
First and foremost, God calls you and me to Himself. It becomes less intimidating if you think of saying YES to God as saying yes to a relationship rather than an assignment to be accomplished. Not completely, but less.
Think back to when you first became aware of God’s presence in your life. What caught your attention? Was it that God was asking you to go out and do something?
When I think back, even though I was always aware that God was present in the world, I was not aware of Him as a person who was present and active in my life. As I knelt by my bed and cried, overwhelmed by the circumstances in my life at the time, I was not aware of God asking me to do anything. I was only aware that I could not handle life without Him, and I needed Him to help me. I needed His active presence in my life. I didn’t realize it at the time, but that was the real beginning of my awareness of God calling me to Himself, to a relationship with Him. My first YES. Wasn’t it similar for you?
Before you and I can become committed to any other calling of God, we have to first become committed to making our relationship with Him the priority of our lives. What He wants from you and me, more than our activity for Him, is for us to simply live life with Him. Learning how to do that is the highest calling there is. Can you say YES to that? I’ll bet you can! Calling confirmed!
Excerpt from The YES Adventure: Transform Your Life with One Word by Cathleen Zahradnik. Check it out here. If you’ve read the book, please leave a review on Amazon to help other people find it!