FAITH CAPSULE: Do not be distracted from answering the calling of God.

Jeremiah 1, Acts 9:1-9

When God calls you, He will back you.
Do you know that?
Do you know how to answer His call without doubt?
1 Thessalonians 5:24 states, “He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.”
In the calling of God, there is direction to guide that request for obedience.
Are you called by God or by the world?
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 one bound not to arrive at the calling of God.
Jeremiah and the apostle Paul were examples of the call of God. 
The calling of God over Jeremiah and Paul was to settle them for the center of their divine assignment.
Just as the vehicle cannot progress without fuel, so it is that without the direction of God, one cannot arrive at the calling of God.
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 did not hinder his answering to God.
Jeremiah 1:7-8  records,“…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 God over the life of Paul is not the same as the calling of Jeremiah. 
He was on his way against Jesus, and the Bible records, “Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 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 is an example of one who can not run from God and hide.
The calling of God and direction was in place for Paul.
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 God to show you His way.
Do not run from the calling of God over your life.
Answering the calling of God will set one to arrive at the divine assignment.

Prayer for today: Ask God to deliver for the distraction that denies one to answer to His calling.