THREE CONDITIONS

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”

Romans 8:28 KJV

Someone said “I knew when I was ten years old that I wanted to be a doctor and I decided right then I was going to study to be a doctor”.  That is good because we should know what we would like to do with our life.  However, our Scripture verse tells us there are three conditions for our life.

First of all, we must love God.  We can be His child and still not love Him.  Second, we must be called into the ministry He wants us in and third, it should be according to His purpose, not our purpose.  God knows our heart and He knows if we really love Him and not just giving Him lip service.

Someone was asked when God called him to be a pastor.  The pastor replied and said “I decided that I was going to become a pastor when I was a teenager and so I went to Bible school but God didn’t call me.  Becoming a pastor was just something I wanted to do so I did it”.

The decision that this man made to be a pastor was his own decision.  God didn’t call him to be a pastor.  However, every person is called to be a witness for Jesus and spread the good news of our risen Saviour.  When is the last time you told someone Jesus loves him or her?

Everything that we do should be because it is God’s purpose for our life and He has called us to do it.  Let’s wait on God to tell us what He wants us to do and then we can be sure that it’s His purpose for our life.  What a privilege to tell others about Jesus.   

Joanne Lowe

July 9, 2015