Some truths about Christian Calling

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Exodus 3:10 Come I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. (ESV)

This is a great passage on calling. God calls us to work with Him in His plan to bring captive souls to freedom.

“Come, I will send you...” This is the essence of God's work and call to anyone who ministers in his name.

“Come” Go from where you are to where I want you to be. This may be dramatic, sin to salvation to ministry. This may be from inactive in His kingdom, to active. This may be from one place of service to another. This could be a physical move. In my life, I moved from Texas to Africa to serve God and know Him better. Last week it was up the highway so we could lead a Vacation Bible School in a poor rural community and in a rough side of town in a small city. The African thing went for two years and the Vacation Bible School was less than a week. Lately I have moved from being employed by a church to waiting for a church to look at my resume. God used that me to move me to a much more cross cultural situation that He is showing me His work with African nationals.

“I will send you” Not “You will decide what to do for God.” Not “This is what the kingdom needs.” We do not take a survey and tell God what we are going to do. “I will send you.” God is saying “I will position you to co-labor to carry out my plan. I God is sending you, how can you fail or be without power? I really do not remember God having a plan in the bible then short circuiting it, sabotaging it, or refusing to make it happen. Timing and our openness to that plan are other questions.

The last part of the verse deals with rescue. The children of Israel needed a rescue. They were crying out for rescue. Verse 9. “Lord we are perishing.” Listen to you heart. Can you hear a perishing people crying out for rescue. “Why is marriage so hard?” Why can I not stop drinking?” “Why are my children so badly deceived?” On a recent trip I preached in state prison, worked with a poor rural church and with poor minority children in a park?” The screaming for rescue was hard to drown out or not listen to.

Is God calling you to rescue the perishing. Are the voices too loud to ignore. Is His voice getting clearer amid the pleas for rescue?

On the radio front, my find of the column is Lead me to the Rock radio. They are web based station hoping to be an FM station in Sacramento, California. They seem to be part of the CCM picture in the town. They have a good page for getting a good stream. They work on Windows Media, Win Amp, I Tunes, and Real. (More on software later) I found them featured on Windows Media page. The Win Amp 128k stream sounded great on my old machine. The stations web site is www.leadmetotherock.com Their stream page is http://loudcity.com/stations/lead-me-to-the-rock-radio/files/show/lclaunch.htm They have news and on air personalities during the day and a good mix at night.