We are to remain. This excerpt says it THREE times. We need to live in the situation God has placed us and remain. My question is though, “as you were when God first called you”. What does that mean exactly?
I am in a much different place now than when I was first called, and having been a Christian all my life, I’m not sure when that “calling” began. I do have a moment when I cried out to God to use me, to forgive me, and I feel like that a moment of rebirth. That was in March 1998. I was a single mom then, and I was just getting involved in the church. If that is when I was “first called,” I have come a long way. After reading this I now wonder if I’m supposed to go back! If so, go back to what? My children are grown, I married a pastor, and we’re retired now. Able to serve the Lord in a different way.
The reminder is here…keep God’s commandments. That’s pretty clear, and God’s word sets these out for us. I don’t think of them as rules, but on what God wants and expects from me, and as a devoted child I want to follow and yearn to please him.
But I think the main point of today’s reading is PERSEVERE until God moves us on. God is moving in all of us. We just need to let the spirit move. Take a moment to reflect on this, “let the spirit move.” What does that mean for you today? This month? This year?
Let’s pray. Father, thank you for the opportunities you have opened. Help us to follow your commands, and may our behavior be honoring to you at all times. Fill us with your spirit and move in us, reveal your perfect plan and give us the strength to live in it. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
