FAITH CAPSULE: When the time is right before God, He will call you.
Exodus 2:11-25, 3:1-10
In Jesus’s parables:The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard (Matthew 20:16), The Parable of the Wedding Feast (Matthew 22:14) Jesus stated, “For many are called, but few are chosen.”
Just as many are called, but few are chosen so it is also possible that few are called and many answered. In the name of serving God; engaging Kingdom of God’s business, are you answering where you have not received any call from God?
Man cannot determine for God the timing of His calling. God’s timing is different from man’s timing. Are you deciding the time for yourself to be called for His assignment? God will call you when He is ready to use you. If you have received a call outside of His calling, you will end up out of God’s plan for your life. When God calls you, He will back you up and you will not fail. He will not allow any of His called to cross without Him caring for them. When He calls you, no weapon formed against you shall prosper and you shall know no failure. God called Samuel at a very young age and He constantly backed him up. The Bible testify, “So Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.” (1 Samuel 3:19)
Moses answered a call to help his Hebrew brethren when he was not called by God. He intervened in a fight between his Hebrew brethren and an Egyptian. In his support for his Hebrew brethren, he killed the Egyptian. He became a murderer, and it was used against him by his brethren. Exodus 2:15, “When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well.” He lived forty years in the palace, but had to flee all because he was not called when he called himself. It took another forty years for him to actually receive the call that allowed neither man nor weapon to stand against him and prevail. When the time is right before God, He will call you. Do not answer a call if God has not called you. God called Moses in at HisExodus 3:4, “So when the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, ‘Moses, Moses!’ And he said, ‘Here I am.’” He will call you if you will turn your head to Him and not depend on yourself or any other man.
Prayer for today: Ask God or the grace not to answer to self-call but to His calling.