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GodÕs calling is a sacrifice. His calling is costly and it is not always convenient. Worship is the cost of His calling, and obedience is what it takes to worship Him. Obedience has to be consistent for you to have a reasonable service –your obedience is your service unto God.

 ~ SACRIFICE ~

Sacrifice is not cheap. What kind of sacrifice have you been rendering unto God since you have accepted His calling? If your sacrifice is free and not costing you time, money, or disrupting your worldly comfort, it is important that you examine your stand in the Lord. King David once denied an offer to deliver a cheap and free sacrifice to God. 2 Samuel 24:24, ÒThen the king said to Araunah, ÔNo, but I will surely buy it from you for a price; nor will I offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God with that which costs me nothing.Õ So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.ÕÓ How are you serving Him since the time you have answered His call? God has called you to a service that will deliver to you an attainment for His glory. When He called Saul to become king, it was for SaulÕs attainment, but God regretted to have called on Saul. Are you walking a walk in GodÕs calling that will not cause God to regret His calling in your life? Among the factors that made Saul to fail was partial obedience. God called on Saul to go and destroy Amalek.  1 Samuel 15:3, ÒNow go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.Ó  Saul failed in his calling because of half-obedience. 1 Samuel 15:5, ÒAnd Saul came to a city of < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Amalek, and lay in wait in the valleyÓ When God calls you to go, it is not the time for waiting. When you lay in your waiting, temptation will reign, you will miss your target, and your mission will become impossible to accomplish. Answering God in His calling will demand that you follow Him fully. When you follow Him fully, you will stand where others are falling, you win where they are losing, you will pass where there is failure, and you will be above — not below. Answering His call will bring challenges that no one else wants to experience in life. Above all, you will be an over comer.

     ~ CALEB ~

Among thousands of people, Caleb was the only one of the two that escaped death sentence because he remained adamant in his belief. He could not compromise his faith; there was not enough intimidation that could sway him from standing his ground of belief. The children of Israel came back from spying the land that God had already given them before He told them He was going to give them a land. It was a wrong move for them to go and spy. It was neither GodÕs planning nor MosesÕ suggestion. In return they all confessed fear, discouragement, and failure. As a result, they rebelled. But Caleb did not. God sentenced them to death, but God spoke of Caleb, in Numbers 14:24, ÒBut My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and has followed me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendants shall inherit it.Ó Ask God today to impact your life with the spirit that makes man to follow Him fully. You sure know the stories of the Bible; you are very conversant in quoting the words of God. The song of halleluiah sounds great when you sing it.

   ~ FOLLOW ~

 Do you have the word rooted in your heart? Are you following Him? Yes, you have come to Christ, you are born again. However, it is not enough to come when you fail to follow. To follow is the real deal. When you follow, you will not fall because the darkness that is always there will give way in your life when you follow Him. John 8:12, ÒThen Jesus spoke to them again, saying, ÔI am the light of the world. He who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.ÕÓ Remember, Judas was called and numbered among the disciples, but he missed out when it was time to count. It is up to you to ask for His help to follow Him fully.  

By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice (Heb.12:4). How do you gauge your sacrifice to God?