We are prone to forgetting the mystical, supernatural quality of the touch of God. If you can tell others where and when you received the call of God and all about what it was like, I question whether you\u2019ve ever truly received it. The call to preach doesn\u2019t come in a way that\u2019s easy to describe; it\u2019s much more supernatural. The call may come with a sudden thunderclap or with a gradual dawning, but however it comes, it comes with the undercurrent of the supernatural, something that cannot be put into words. It\u2019s always accompanied by a glow.<\/p>\n
\u201cI chose you and appointed you\u201d<\/em> (John 15:16). At any moment, you may break into a sudden conscious awareness of this surprising, supernatural call that has taken hold of your life. The call of God has nothing to do with salvation and sanctification; it isn\u2019t because<\/em> you are saved and sanctified that you\u2019ve been called to preach. The call to preach is entirely different. Paul describes it as a necessity, a compulsion, placed upon him: \u201cI am compelled to preach.\u201d<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve been obliterating the great supernatural call of God in your life, review your circumstances and see where you\u2019ve failed to put God first. Have you placed him after your idea of Christian service or your desire to use your natural abilities? God had no competition for first place in Paul\u2019s life. Paul realized the call of God and devoted all his strength to answering it.<\/p>\n When someone is called by God, it doesn\u2019t matter how difficult their circumstances are. Every circumstantial force that has been at work will serve God\u2019s purposes in the end. Once you agree to answer the call, God will bring not only your conscious life but also the deeper regions of your life into harmony with his purposes.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We are prone to forgetting the mystical, supernatural quality of the touch of God. If you can tell others where and when you received the call of God and all about what …<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":2282,"template":"","collection":[37],"class_list":{"0":"post-2704","1":"modern-classic","2":"type-modern-classic","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"collection-purpose"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/modern-classic\/2704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/modern-classic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/modern-classic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/modern-classic\/2704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"collection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection?post=2704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}