CALLING AND SENDING< ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Mark 6:7-13

ÒAnd He called the twelve to Himself, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them power over unclean spirits.8 He commanded them to take nothing for the journey except a staff-no bag, no bread, no copper in their money belts- 9 but to wear sandals, and not to put on two tunics.Ó (Mark 6:7-9) The calling of believer is to follow, but not just to flow with the crowd. In His calling there is a time to be trained and a time to be ready to be sent out for the purpose of your calling. Have you been called? Any one that has received the calling of the Lord will have to go through training that corresponds with the assignment or task ahead. Among the disciples of Jesus, none called himself, but Jesus called each and everyone. ÒAnd as He walked by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 17 then Jesus said to them, ÒFollow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.Ó 18 They immediately left their nets and follow Him.Ó (Mark 1:16-18) His calling requires leaving all behind and giving Him all the attention. Has He called you and yet the old baggage is still hanging around you? If that were your case, you are yet to answer His calling. In His calling, old things must be left behind otherwise new things will not have a place to stay. Your lying skill is still intact; deception and manipulating of others is still operating in you. The one that calls you will not be able to move you forward until you are able to move away from your past. The one that calls you did not call you into religion but into Jesus reality. In His calling there is a time to be sent out. He that calls you will not send you until after you have been equipped with all that it takes to carry power. He called Moses in Exodus 3:4, after Moses had turned aside unto Him. ÒWhen the Lord saw that he turned to aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, ÒMoses, Moses!Ó And he said, ÒHere I am.Ó It was after Moses answered he was not ready to get the assignment. Have you turned aside to answer Him? The bible recorded in Exodus 3: 10, ÒCome now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.Ó Without calling and answering, sending out will not come forth. Do you know where you are? If you have answered to His calling then you have a need to make yourself available to be sent out. The disciples could not be sent out until He called them to Himself and not to a material. In His sending them out, He laid it down that no material would come between them and their going. In His calling and sending there is power. What is holding you down from turning aside and making yourself available to be called and sent out? He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it. (1 Thessalonians 5:24) God will give us the grace to answer fully.