Called!

Luke 10:1-24

So fired up after reading this section of scripture, I have read over it the last few days, but until now I couldn’t get a grasp of what Jesus was trying to tell me and now there is just so much that I can’t get it all down.  My favorite part in these 24 scriptures comes in verse 21…At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.  Jesus was excited to know that his Father had revealed to these children, his children, the truth of who he is.  Why?  Because he knew and he knows today who those children are that are willing to serve him, that are willing to go forth into this world and spread the wonderful news of Jesus.  He is calling you and me to do the same.  Verses 2 & 3 say: He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.   Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.  It is no different today, there is so many people that are desperate to know Jesus and they don’t even realize it, they know they need something, they know that are not happy, they know that they long for more, but they may not be sure of what that is and they may even be looking in the wrong places, or worse they may even be led to the wrong places.  This is where you and I come in, we were not called of God just to be happy ourselves, just to receive blessings on ourselves, we were called to serve.  Webster’s define calling as a strong inner impulse toward a particular course of action especially when accompanied by conviction of divine influence.  Calling and called show action, they are not who we are, but what we do!  Jesus is very upfront with his children and lets us know that the task will not be easy, ‘we are like lambs among wolves’, but we have to remember that he didn’t ask us to save anyone, our tasks is to tell everyone about Jesus and what he can do, it is Jesus, and only Jesus, that can and will save them.  As difficult as the task may be, we can never forget that he is with us each step of the way and is full of joy and praising his Father with each task that we complete.