{"id":5300,"date":"2018-07-02T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/2018\/07\/02\/when-god-calls-how-will-you-answer\/"},"modified":"2023-08-27T14:17:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T12:17:46","slug":"when-god-calls-how-will-you-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/when-god-calls-how-will-you-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"When God Calls, How Will You Answer?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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\n Go <\/i> : the smallest of words, the biggest of meanings. It may be one of God’s favorite words.\n<\/p>\n

Sometimes life is calm. Secure. Peaceful. Nothing scary, each day much like the one before. That’s usually when God shows up. That’s usually when God says, “Go.” <\/p>\n

SometimesGod calls dramatically, in miracle and flame. Sometimes He calls subtly, in stillness and whisper, so soft we won’t hear if we aren’t listening. Sometimes through his word, sometimes through a friend, sometimes through life events. <\/p>\n

However he speaks, God calls to us all. We are called for different roles, in different ways, at different points in our lives: one season holds one purpose, the next holds another. We are God’s people, his instruments, and he wants to use us. As Romans 8:28 puts it, “We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose<\/i>.” According to his purpose. God has plans for each of us. He has work for us to do, work he prepared a long time ago, work he has equipped us to accomplish: “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do<\/i>” (Ephesians 2:10). <\/p>\n

God is calling. . . . Will we answer his call? <\/p>\n

These paragraphs are excerpted from Elizabeth Laing Thompson’s new book, \n When God Says, “Go”: Rising to Challenge and Change without Losing Your Confidence, Your Courage, or Your Cool<\/a>.\n <\/i>\n<\/p>\n