Our State of Obedience

It's been a while but I just got back from a great retreat at Rock Mountain where I ministered to over 340 teens from the nearby state of New Jersey. God really met us there at the altar where I preached and saw many teens give their hearts to God. I loved it, God show'd off as usual calling kids to serve Him at home, school and their world.

A thought God gave me this weekend as I spoke to several people that I want to share with the blog world is about our "calling." What's cool about our calling is first only God can give it. It comes from one source, God. Our calling is often looked upon as the one thing we will do the rest of our lives. Though it is true that there are a few things that we must do the rest of our lives like "love the Lord our God and love our neighbor as ourselves" but our enviornment can and very well may change but our calling is always to affect this world with the gospel in one way or another and that never changes. As a former youth pastor, I felt like I would do that for alot longer than I did but God kept His purpose with me and changed my...environment. Therefore, our calling is found in our state of obedience to the Lord. If God says go, we go. As Jonah had a calling to go to Ninevah, he wasn't active in his calling until his obedience kicked in and many live like that today. Trying to find their calling without obedience. That will not work. There is no better place to find God than in the middle of His plan for your life. Our calling is found in our obedience. So know today that you don't have to know the rest of your life's details, just know today. His calling will unfold to you in the midst of your obedience. Keep your eyes on Him even when you don't know the WHOLE plan. He's been doing this a while, you can trust Him :) How do we find that? Handle the business God told you to handle today and focus on that alone and let God do the unfolding.

"Don't focus on your UNWORTHINESS because that was taken care of at the cross. Instead, focus on your UNWILLINGNESS for that is what you can change" ~ibid

Focused and Determined,
Tony