Open Heavens Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye
MEMORIZE: “And he goeth up into a mountain and calleth unto
him whom he would: and they came unto him” (Mark 3:13).
READ: Mark 3:13-15
There are all kinds of calls in the world today. In God’s
Kingdom, a call is actually an unquantifiable offer, the beginning of which you
will know but may never tell where it will take you precisely. However, we need
to know the nature of God’s call. The first is that God’s call is a call to
uplifting. Since He is up, when He calls you, it is upwards. According to 1 Samuel
2:8, God can call you from nothing to something. He can call a beggar from
scavenging in the dunghill to feasting with kings. Similarly, he can call
ordinary fisherman to keep company with the King of kings (Mark 1:16-18). Whatever
happens, God’s call moves you up.
Sometime ago, one of my pastors told me that God called him
into full time service. Then, he was gainfully employed in an oil company where
he was paid in dollars. What he earned in a month exceeded what an Assistant
General Overseer would earn in a year. He had difficulty responding to the
call. So, I simply told him God was calling him from sugar to honey. Recently,
he told me, “what you told me then, I found it difficult to understand, but now
I know”. Has God called you? Fear not! Accept God’s call because it is a call
that will uplift you.
God also calls unto separation. If He calls you, He
expects you to separate from others in order to fulfil the call. The
disciples He called up the hill in today’s reading never returned to what they
used to be. Their call moved them from being disciples to apostles.
Figuratively, they remained on the mountain top. When Abraham got God’s call,
he was asked to separate himself from his country, kindred and his father’s
house (Gen. 12:13). In 1 Kings 19:19-21, after Elisha’s call, he killed his farm
animals and burnt the tools. When God calls you, you may be required to do away
with certain legitimate things and activities in order to make good your
calling. If God has called you, you can no longer do what everybody else does.
For instance, a church member may be embroiled in fisticuffs but certainly not
a minister of God. In what ways are you keeping to the terms of reference of
your calling?
PRAYER POINT
God’s call is a higher call. Thank God for previous Holy
Ghost Congresses. Ask for divine protection for all attendees during this year’s
Congress.
Bible in One year: 2 Chron. 20-22
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