Good morning people who are divinely selected and appointed by Almighty God.

Romans 1:1 MEV Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God.

You and I are not just called to be safe and to escape eternal separation from God. The word called means so much more than this.

Here’s some of what we see in this word: appointed (a saint), invited (to a banquet), invited (by God in the proclamation of the Gospel), invited (to obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom through Christ), divinely selected and appointed.

I truly believe that, too often, we subtly and subconsciously reduce our salvation and being called by God down to something far less than it fully entails. When we do this, our lives are limited in their transformation, the devil is not threatened by us, and the world is not impacted by us.  

Being called by God should define us, empower us and change us.

As believers, we are part of the church who Jesus is building (Matthew 16:18). The word church literally means a calling out. We are called to God, and we are also called out of the world and its demonic ways of thinking and living.

As believers, we are not called to fit in or go with the flow. If Jesus had done this, you and I would still be dead in sin and destined to a Christless eternity.

May we all pause and consider the depth of our holy calling in and by God today.