There’s a whole word just outside Your front door. Do you know where your call will lead you? Just don’t close doors too quickly ,,, nor rush to take paths that aren’t yours to pursue. While we all are called to witness, it may be no further than the person sitting across from you. Will, Can you repeat Ruth’s words and tell the Lord you will follow Him? We’ve been given a destiny changing assignment. And yes, some of us are called to:
“…And when the Holy Spirit comes on you, you will be able to be my witnesses in Jerusalem, all over Judea and Samaria, even to the ends of the world.” [Acts 1:8]
This verse was spoken by Jesus to His disciples before He returned to Heaven. The times are after Jesus was crucified, buried, and rose again. He had spent 40 days with His disciples and continued teaching them. He also directed them to stay until they had been endued by power through the Holy Spirit. He indicated where they would go and what they would be doing. We all have the same call. Be baptized with power by the Holy Spirit and be about our assignment.
Wither Thou goest doesn’t tell us what we will experience but it does give us a direction, the knowledge that we wouldn’t be alone in our journey and that we would be equipped to be and do who the Lord would want from and for us. It requires our obedience, our trust, our confidence. What if you mis-hear? Then we come to Him:
“No temptation [regardless of its source] has overtaken or enticed you that is not common to human experience [nor is any temptation unusual or beyond human resistance]; but God is faithful [to His word—He is compassionate and trustworthy], and He will not let you be tempted beyond your ability [to resist], but along with the temptation He [has in the past and is now and] will [always] provide the way out as well, so that you will be able to endure it [without yielding, and will overcome temptation with joy]. [1 Corinthians 10:13]
Granted, it isn’t always a temptation… nor a seduction… it may be mis-hearing, it may be ‘unintentional’ but it did happen. Don’t look to blame, don’t look to provide yourself with a ‘but I meant’ – seek help to resolve and move on. And tha help comes from the Lord. Then you can look at the ‘mistake’ and determine where improvement is needed. I think if we spent more time on resolution over blame, then we would be more effective.
Sometimes I think what the Lord is looking for/from us is our willingness to be who He wants doing what He would have us do. Follow Isaiah’s example (6:8) and say – ‘Here am I, send me.’ We can always be assured of three things: one, we are never called to do something we can’t and two, we will always be equipped, prepared for whatever is necessary to accomplish, and three, the Lord never gives ‘make work’ or teases us – the call is always meaningful, and the goal whether or not we are able to see how we can do ‘it’ at the beginning will bring blessings to the worker as well as the receiver
Point being – it is always our choice to follow, to answer the call to go… whither the Lord goes. Ahhh, but if your answer is yes then you’re in for the adventure of your life!
