Day 5 | A Convincing Call

Reflection

You hardly need to be ‘a fortified city, an iron pillar and a bronze wall’ to live out an easy calling. But Jeremiah’s calling was not an easy gig: to confront the complacent and call out the conceited. He was beaten up, locked up, and told to shut up. What gave him the courage and confidence to keep going?

At least part of the answer is that surely, he was convinced God had called him.

You too are called by God. You are called to love God and love those around you (Mark 12:29–31). You are called to ‘the obedience that comes from faith’, and you are ‘among those called to belong to Jesus Christ’ (Romans 1:5–6). And as Paul reminded the Corinthians, whatever circumstances and situations they found themselves in, that was where God had called them to be (1 Corinthians 7:17–24).

Wherever you might be today, it’s no mistake. God has called you to be there. And not just to exist there, to scrape by, but to follow Him there, be formed there, and bear fruit there.

Responding in prayer

Take a moment to visualise the places you’ll be today. As you bring those places to mind, know they are where He has called you to be.

Dear God, thank you that You have called me. Thank you that, wherever I go today, I go as one called by You. Help me find confidence in Your calling, for Your glory.