Have you been called or did you call yourself? Well, I think either is okay with God who created us and knows us intimately. Remember the excitement you felt when you think you’re called by God to his mission. The excitement of talking to your vicar, making several visits to the DDO and eventually attending BAP and afterwards receiving that important call from the Bishop telling you the good news… Well, where are you now in your calling?
The burning question is: if we are so sure of our calling at the beginning, why then are we sometimes acting like those without faith and trust in God? We are very quick to give up and feel powerless as if we are in control of everything in the first place. We are not in control, God is. He is the one who called us into his mission.
We are called to embrace everything that is beautiful, peaceful and loving and not to run away from putting right everything that is ugly, destructive and hateful no matter how hard it is. After all, Christ, who we follow, made himself powerless, suffered humiliation, torture and death on the cross all because of His love for us. He could have forced us to submission instead.
We recognise the love of God in the joy we feel when we are in contact with all that is pure and beautiful, but fail to recognise that adversity is the wound of contact with God when it is painful and sorrowful.
We experience the will of God’s nurturing pressure on us when it is necessary for us to experience it. And to the extent that we are obedient to his will he rewards us with the knowledge of his faithfulness and love for us.
Now that you’re faced with the reality of who you are and who you’re called to be, wake up from your slumber, ignite that passion you felt at the beginning and let it burn by the power of the Holy Spirit which is in all of us. Amen.