FAITH CAPSULE: There is no reasonable excuse to avoid the calling of God.

Exodus 4

When the calling of God sounds in a man’s direction, there can never be any excuse that is reasonable enough to avoid the calling of God. When it was time for Elisha to be called by God, God spoke to Elijah, “…you shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi as king over Israel. And Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place.” (1 Kings 19:16) It was God that called Elisha through Elijah but Elisha had excuse not wanting to answer at God’s timing for the calling upon his life. When Elijah approached Elisha, the excuse was, “…Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” (1Kings 19:20) Elisha’s excuse took him back but could not keep him for long before turning back to answer the Lord God’s calling upon his life.

Are you holding on to any excuse against the Lord’s calling upon your life? It is time to come out of excuse and answer to God’s calling. It is important to know that God will not call you for assignment without empowering you. God wanted to introduce Moses to Moses so that Moses could know what the Lord has deposited in his hand to back him up in the calling upon his life. “So the LORD said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.” And He said, “Cast it on the ground.” So he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it. 4 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Reach out your hand and take it by the tail” (and he reached out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand),” (Exodus 4:2-4) A rod of God in hand is power of God in hand.

Moses could not have been able to carry the assignment if the Lord did not show to him what He had deposited in him. If you have been called, know this day that He has put a fitting rod in your hand for the assignment. Among all the disciples that walked with Jesus while He was on the face of earth, none contributed to the assignment of the Kingdom of God like the apostle Paul. Apostle Paul did not walk with Jesus on the face of earth but he knew himself in the Lord more than any of the disciples. Paul testified, “But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.” (1 Corinthians 15:10) Know yourself and take off into the direction of your calling.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace of understanding to know and answer fully to the calling upon your life.