“I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, entreat you to walk in a manner
worthy of the calling with which you have been called.” - Ephesians 4:1
We didn’t choose God; He chose us.
What is “the calling with which [we] have been called”? It is simply the
position we have now as Christians. Paul said the Christians at Corinth were
“saints by calling” (1 Cor. 1:2). Peter instructed his readers to make certain
about God’s calling and choosing them (2 Peter 1:10). Our calling is a high
calling (Phil. 3:14), “a holy calling” (2 Tim. 1:9), and “a heavenly calling”
(Heb. 3:1). Who called us? Jesus has the answer: “No one can come to Me, unless
the Father who sent Me draws him” (John 6:44). Jesus also said, “You did not
choose Me, but I chose you” (15:16). Those “whom [God] predestined, these He
also called; and whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified,
these He also glorified” (Rom. 8:30). God called out to us, we responded in
faith, and He saved us.
~JM, Excerpts from today's Strength for Today
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