What a calling!
October 21, 2007(Murali’s notes about GB’s message)
God has chosen each one of us in the church for a very special purpose and then for the glorious eternal life. Are we walking in a manner worthy of our calling? Let us examine our situation with an illustration from a story.
Once a rich doctor wanted to experiment on a project of adopting a slum girl, bringing her up in a high society, and providing her with a good education and support. He selected one of the dirtiest and ugliest little girl from a slum. The girl was so filthy that he didn’t even want to allow her in his car, but had someone bring her to his house by auto.
The girl was cleaned and washed for several days with expensive detergents and soaps. He had some dermatologists treat the girl for various skin conditions she had. He gave her a good education and brought her up well with high standard of living. She grew up to be a beautiful young girl. Other high-class girls, who had been born and brought up in that society could not compare with her in beauty, manners, and education.
The tragedy of the story is that she fell in love with a pickpocket who belonged to a very low state. She would admire his mustache and the way he would board a running bus to rob people. When the doctor learnt about this, though his heart was broken, he allowed the girl to do as she wished. He had had great plans for the girl, wanting to send her abroad for higher studies and establish her in a good position in the social circle. All his plans were shattered by the girl’s ingratitude and foolish behavior.
Far worse than this was our condition when God adopted us as his sons/daughters. We were dead in our sins, but God in his mercy cleansed, revived, restored, and protected us. We are what we are today because of His grace, love, and mercies. If left to ourselves, we would have remained in the same filthy slum. What is our current stance? Are we willing to pursue what God has intended for us when he chose us or are we, like that slum girl who forgot her first condition, want to choose our own way and go after other things and not fulfill God’s eternal purposes for us.
God has called us to a great future and glory. Let us be faithful and continue to grow in spiritual life and not be distracted by any of Satan’s allurements. Let us strive to walk worthy of our calling and please Him. Our destiny is heaven. Let us not stop short of anything that would make us worthy to enter it.
