What is your highest calling? A calling is a conviction that comes from God. We might have several calls throughout our lives, but there is only one highest calling.
Jesus said that we needed to become like children to enter the kingdom of God (Mat. 18:1-4). We're called to receive the kingdom of God like a child (Mark 10:15; Luke 18:16-17).
The Apostle Paul preached Jesus, and the resurrection of the dead to non-believers in Athens; people that worshiped many gods, and even set up an altar that they dedicated to an "unknown god." Paul called these non-believers, children of God (Acts 17:28-29). This is our highest calling; to live in the reality of what it means to be children of God.
Why does Jesus tell us to receive the kingdom of God as a child? Because we are children of God. We receive the kingdom of God in lowliness, or humility, like a child. Little children spend maybe ten to fifteen years of their lives looking up at adults. We're reminded from children to put others above ourselves - to receive the kingdom in lowliness.
In order to reach our highest calling, we must become lowly, live in humility and put others above ourselves. It's an oxymoron, and seems contradictory, because God's world is upside down to the natural mind. That's why in order for us to fulfill our highest calling, we must call upon Jesus to live his victorious, resurrected, ascended, and cruciform life within us.
Watch my latest video, "Your Highest Calling."
Jesus said that we needed to become like children to enter the kingdom of God (Mat. 18:1-4). We're called to receive the kingdom of God like a child (Mark 10:15; Luke 18:16-17).
The Apostle Paul preached Jesus, and the resurrection of the dead to non-believers in Athens; people that worshiped many gods, and even set up an altar that they dedicated to an "unknown god." Paul called these non-believers, children of God (Acts 17:28-29). This is our highest calling; to live in the reality of what it means to be children of God.
Why does Jesus tell us to receive the kingdom of God as a child? Because we are children of God. We receive the kingdom of God in lowliness, or humility, like a child. Little children spend maybe ten to fifteen years of their lives looking up at adults. We're reminded from children to put others above ourselves - to receive the kingdom in lowliness.
In order to reach our highest calling, we must become lowly, live in humility and put others above ourselves. It's an oxymoron, and seems contradictory, because God's world is upside down to the natural mind. That's why in order for us to fulfill our highest calling, we must call upon Jesus to live his victorious, resurrected, ascended, and cruciform life within us.
Watch my latest video, "Your Highest Calling."
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