What It Means to Be CALLED (Part 1)

To be called means you are summoned, chosen, and empowered to do a specific task assigned only to you. 

• God called Noah to build the ark.
• He called Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to be the nation that would bless all nations.
• He called Joseph to rule in Egypt.
• He called Moses to deliver Israel.
• An example of being called in our day would look like this.

John is a doctor, a surgeon.  One day the head of the surgeons yells, "John, come to my office."
--That yell, that call to the head surgeon's office, is John's summon.

John goes to the head surgeon's office.

"Have a seat John.  We have 10 capable surgeons in this hospital, but your focus and discipline stand out to me.  So I'm choosing to send you to a special medical operations camp in Washington by order of the President.  You will be assigned to troops who return from Afghanistan who are in need of special surgical attention. Do you accept this commission?"

"Very much sir.  Thank you," John replies.

John was summoned, chosen by the head surgeon, and empowered for a specific mission. He was called for a specific task.

This is what it is like to be called.

You are also called and experiencing being called even as you read. 
How do I know?

Your very existence is a call from God.
By creation you are summoned, chosen, and empowered to be you, an assignment only you can fulfill, as it is written,

"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb."  Psalms 139:13

Knitting is a very intimate and intricate act.  When God made you in your mother's womb, it took time and attention.  This is your summons.  You were chosen to be God's creation.  You were empowered by the God who knit you together in your mother's womb and created your inmost being, your unique personality and abilities.

Your very first and foremost call is to simply be what God mad you to be today. 

Here are two ways to experience your calling:
1. Commit right now to be completely and utterly honesty.  Don't let a word come out of your mouth that doesn't reflect the absolute truth as you know it.
2. Commit to doing only what you are very good at. Only use the talents you know you have.

If you do these two things, you will experience how God knit you together in your mother's womb and created your inmost being. 

You will experience what it means to be called.

But there is more.  Stay tuned for part 2.