In many ways Galatians is quite a shift from the OT prophet Malachi, but in others, it is similar. Both Malachi and Paul use forceful words and images to gain the attention and challenge the faith of God’s people.
As I read through chapter 1 and came upon verse 15 a prayer struck my heart, “Oh God I pray that all of us who follow Jesus know OUR depth of calling…”
Here are the words that captured my attention: But when God, who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me …
Would that all of us who follow Jesus knew this… that God set us apart from our mother’s womb, revealed Jesus to us and called us by His grace! Wow!
We all are known from the womb…
We all have had Jesus revealed to us …
We all have been called by grace…
Paul was called to preach, but you may have been called to live for Jesus in the marketplace or as a stay-at-home mom, or in the medical field or teacher or… (fill in the occupation of your life). As ‘Christ followers’ we have all been called to lift up Jesus where we live and work and play.
Think about this as you live your life today… you are known and know Jesus and have been called to spread His message into the world.
Oh Lord, that everyone who reads this and who worships in a Christian gathering this week knows that we, too, are known and called to serve Jesus and the Gospel in unique fitted to who we are and how God has created us… I pray this for the Father’s Glory that the Son be lifted up as we live through the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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