Week 23- Hearing the Call

A voice reaching out to from outside of our experience, our moment, our focus. A voice that calls us to not remain static but one that requires us to follow. We can celebrate what the this following of the voice of God saves us from: isolation and loneliness is now never our reality, decay of our eternal selves, a life lacking purpose and meaning.

But we musn’t be naive of what the pursuit of this call costs us. Samuel having to bring the message of judgment to the nation, Matthew had his legitimacy as a disciple questioned due to his history of taxing, Paul has to confront his friend of years in Cephas. The life we are called into following after Jesus, seeking his kingdom to come on Earth as it is in heaven, for his glory is one that causes us difficulty, uncomfortable moments and suffering.

The grace of God of using his voice to call us on is that it never stops calling. Not like asking directions of a local in a foreign land, not like a map that needs to be followed. But a guide who is ahead of us, alongside us, behind us, calling us onwards. At times the path is dim and uncertain, others it is bright and clear. But the certainty we can rest on is the voice of God calling us home.

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