When God Calls

When God Calls

When God called Abraham, to be the father of a new nation, (Genesis 12: 1 & 4),   He told him to leave his homeland for another place that would be shown to him.  What - no map??  No planned destination?  YIKES!!   But Abraham did it.  Every call from God is an invitation to leave something or someplace so that we might be free for something or someplace else.

When the call comes, we are often being asked to leave something that is safe, something we are familiar with and where we are comfortable.  Safety though, sometimes restricts our possibility for a greater life.  When we accept the invitation - we free ourselves up to grow, to open a broader vision of life, a broader vision of love and a broader vision of purpose. 

Trusting God enough to follow the call is what is so hard.  Hanging on to the control we think we have is what holds us back from all that God has in store for us.

We can learn a freeing lesson from Abraham. Abraham packed up his things and headed out of town.  He didn't know where he was going.  He didn't know why he was going.  But he knew the God that asked him to do it - and so he did.  No questions asked.  No grumbling.  No hesitation.  Abraham just trusted.   And so can we.  For God is trustworthy.

When God calls there is a higher purpose than we can ever imagine.   Trust Him!




"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, " declares the Lord.  "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts higher than your thoughts."    Isaiah 55: 8 & 9