Called and Chosen

Have you ever thought about being special? No other person was born with your finger print. No other person matches the iris of your eye. Each and every cell in your body, every spark of your mental activity and everything about your spirit speaks – You are more than special, you are Unique.

“For he (God) chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves” – Ephesians 1: 4-6.

God’s way of calling you is through his word. If you accept Jesus Christ and read and meditate on His word, you are called and chosen.

The Spirit of God sanctifies you and sets you apart, make you special to be close with God (2 Thessalonians 2: 13-14). We might think this as the earthly glory of being rich and famous. No, this is the glory of being with and like the son of God. You need to accept his death, burial and resurrection.

Just as earthly life came through your parents, spiritual birth comes from the Spirit of God. “Truly, truly I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit” (John 3: 5-6).

Babies are born to mothers who hold and feed them. Likewise, God gives us new life by His Spirit who He poured out on us richly – covering us and caring for us.

If you have never experienced this experience, there is no need to go anywhere and do anything or give any donation to anyone, but just where you are, accept Jesus Christ in your life. Pray to God in Jesus name, read The Bible and see how God is going to take control of your life, mould it and change it as a potter makes a beautiful vessel.

May God bless you!

Follow Wisdom

In the world we live, every philosophy teaches us to follow our parents and teachers. In south India there is a saying to follow and consider the hierarchy - Mother, Father, Teacher and God. Unfortunately in this same place we can hear Breaking News about how the little children are being trashed by their own mothers.

The creator of mankind knew all about these and so he is comforting everyone that even though your parents forsake you, God will never. [Psalms 27: 10]

In the book of 1 Kings we can find the kings of Israel and Judah after it became two nations. The Kings who came after Solomon were against God and they sinned and pushed the entire nation against God’s anger. In 1 Kings 15, we see Abijah becoming the King of Judah and following his father’s footsteps of committing sins. So Abijah just followed the world’s philosophy of following his parents.

But in 1 Kings 15: 9, we see Abijah’s son Asa becoming the next king and he was totally opposite to his father. 1 Kings 15: 11 tell us that Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. That means he did not do anything good in the eyes of his parents. He followed the wisdom given by The Lord.

Proverbs 1 takes about wisdom. At the same time in Proverbs 1: 8, it tells to listen to your father’s instruction. But in the underlying verses we see the writer asks us to follow wisdom. So here we understand it is the responsibility of the parents to be wise in God for their children to listen. Otherwise you will have a life like in 1 Kings 15 - Abijah listened to his father and lived against God.

To live a life of wisdom, it is good to read Proverbs and meditate upon it. May the Lord help you, guide you and lead you to read the book of proverbs and follow wisdom to lead a life pleasing to The Lord and be a role model.