[The Glory Unveiled]
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit —fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.[ John 15:16 NIV ]
Whenever God calls a person, He rarely calls the one who already looks the part. Throughout Scripture, those summoned by God almost always recoil at the assignment because they are keenly aware of their inadequacies. They see their weakness before they ever see God’s power. Yet once God calls a person to Himself, that person becomes another man. The call is not merely to a task; it is to transformation. God’s investment in us is never casual. It is purposeful and productive. God does not delight in wasted investments. Whatever He deposits into a life, He fully intends that it should bear fruit. His desire is always multiplication and transformation. And in calling us, He invites us into that same divine agenda. Jesus consistently calls people in a state of fruitlessness, not because He is satisfied with it, but because He intends to change it. He draws us near, reshapes us through relationship, and then sends us out to bear fruit that lasts. Consider the disciples. When Jesus met them, they were occupied, even busy, but not truly impactful. Their lives carried motion, but not transformation. It was only after they had been with Jesus that their lives took on eternal significance. Peter, who once shrank back before a handful of people, later stood boldly before thousands to defend the gospel. A tax collector, defined by dishonesty, was transformed into a man of integrity. These were not self-made changes; they were the fruit of divine calling and divine empowerment. God chooses us for His assignment, and He is far more capable of equipping us for it than we are of disqualifying ourselves from it. Our responsibility, then, is not self-reliance but absolute dependence. When God calls, He also supplies. And when we remain with Him, His investment in us will surely produce fruit.
Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for calling me to be with you so that you might send me to represent you. I am grateful.
Wisdom_Quote: The call of God is purposeful and productive.
Salvation Prayer: Dear Jesus, I surrender to your Lordship. Reign in my heart today and forever.
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