Ephesians 4:1 So I, the prisoner for the Lord, appeal to you to live a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called [that is, to live a life that exhibits godly character, moral courage, personal integrity, and mature behavior—a life that expresses gratitude to God for your salvation], 2 with all humility [forsaking self-righteousness], and gentleness [maintaining self-control], with patience, bearing with one another in [unselfish] love [not so much a matter of emotion as it is of doing things for the benefit of another person,] love. [AMP]
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What is your calling? It’s an important question we need to answer. I think we’ve gotten caught up in the representation of our faith, our calling, being the right activity or service. The good things we do in the name of Jesus aren’t our calling, they’re the result of it. The right answer to “what is your calling” is simply the right relationship with the right person. Jesus is that right person. The intimacy of your relationship with Him is what makes it possible “to live a life that exhibits godly character, moral courage, personal integrity, and mature behavior—a life that expresses gratitude to God for your salvation”…and you can thank God for that!
Jesus has been the learning curve of my life for 47 years now so I’ve had time to consider this idea. Jesus Himself is “the calling to which you have been called.” There is nothing of Himself He has withheld from you, and nothing, N-O-T-H-I-N-G Jesus doesn’t know about you. Still, you are the one He’s called. He’s called you by His freedom of relationship act to show the world the reality of your “gratitude to God for your salvation with all humility [forsaking self-righteousness], and gentleness [maintaining self-control], with patience, bearing with one another in [unselfish] love”…and you can thank God for that too! ❤️
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