Editor’s Note: This week at Faith Church we welcomed one of my current students, Molly Stouffer, as guest preacher. Molly is from Hagerstown, MD, studying Pastoral Ministries at Lancaster Bible College. Here is the fourth and final post in her series of posts guest blogging her Palm Sunday sermon!
God’s will calls us into active participation. This ranges from lifelong callings, to everyday actions.
For some of us, God calls to something specific. From the age of 13, my mother knew God was calling her to be a nurse. God used her in this position to serve. She not only cared for the physical health of her patients, but she could also care for their spiritual health. My mother at one point worked with patients to deliver knees of breast cancer. This job allowed her to be with people who were hurting and confused, and oftentimes, longing for peace. My mother offered to pray with each of these patients, as they heard this news. For myself, I knew I had been called to study pastoral ministry at LBC.
Some of us believe we need a specific calling to do something significant. I disagree. God has designed us with discernment and self-awareness. We read the Bible, and we know what we act in. We live in the limits, or rather the basis, of Christianity. We act out of love for others, and compassion for sinners. We allow judgment to be in the Lord’s hand. We choose to refrain from inappropriate speech and vulgar living. God does not have to call us to these things; He has provided scripture.
Whether God has called you to something directly, or you’re living alongside scripture, we can walk in His will. His plan is perfect for humanity. And because of the work of the cross, and Jesus’ humble death on the cross, we can enter into life with our Creator. And in this community, we find forgiveness for our sins and choose to turn away and walk alongside God. We can go through life, living in accordance with the scriptures, because that is what God has called us each to do.
How can you walk alongside God today? This week? This season of life? Is this a commandment from scripture? Or is this a calling from God? Whatever it may be for you, let us each start by bringing it to God in prayer.
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