FAITH CAPSULE: The calling of God cannot progress without His word of direction.

Jeremiah 1, Acts 9:1-9

With direction, man will be guided and not respond like a headless chicken in the wrong direction.
Have you been called by God or called by man?
God is a God of order and will not call you without giving you direction.
Are you experiencing challenges in your calling? 
In life, challenges are unavoidable when there is a miss in hearing or following the direction of God. 
Among the called ones were Jeremiah and the apostle Paul. 
The calling of God over Jeremiah and Paul was not rooted in emotion or past evil agendas.
Is your calling self-acclaimed or rooted in emotion?
No vehicle can indeed progress in the journey without fuel and the calling of God with no word direction that will experience progress.
The obedience of Jeremiah and Paul to the word of God was the root of the direction to arrive at the calling of God.
When God called Jeremiah, emotion was not a hindrance, nor the age denied Jeremiah to answer God. Jeremiah 1:7-8 states, “…Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’ for you shall go to all to whom I send you, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. Do not be afraid of their faces, for I am with you to deliver you…”  
The direction of God and the obedience of Jeremiah caused him to become established in the calling of God.
The calling of Paul was different from his background. 
He was on his way against the business of Jesus. and the bible records, “Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2 and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.” (Acts 9:1-2) 
When He called Paul, it was with the light of God. 
The light sought him out on his way to commit more crimes against the Lord. 
Paul could not hide (because of his past evil) to allow hindrance for his direction that was in place to the divine assignment. 
Paul did not miss out on direction but received direction by stating in Acts 22:10, “So I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ And the Lord said to me, ‘Arise and go into Damascus and there you will be told all things which are appointed for you to do.’”
From where you are, it is not too late to ask and into the direction of God.
Do not allow emotion or past wicked agenda to hinder the calling of God.

Prayer for today: Ask God to deliver you and not miss out on the direction to your divine assignment.