God's Call & Way by Bill Click

By Bill Click

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Many years ago, a man of God said to me: "Gods call comes though your strengths, but God's way comes through your weaknesses." That was very timely for me to hear, and I strongly believe it is a highly relevant word for the Body of Christ at this time.
 
Many languish over what God's call for their life is, and it is different from God's will. God's will is more about following His directional path for our lives as we carry His heart. But today, I am speaking about God's call. And that ability to administer the call of God on our lives has always come the same way - by the particular spiritual grace(s) we have been given for it. For example, we know that:
 
"The manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will" (1Corinthians 12:7-11).
 
We also see that:
 
"As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever. Amen" (1Peter 4:10-11).
 
Furthermore, the Lord says through Paul:
 
"Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly: if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith; if service, in his serving; or he who teaches, in his teaching; or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness" (Romans 12:6-8).
 
What are We Called to Minister?
 
The question is not whether we are called to minister; we are. All of us are, without exception. But our first consideration must be: what are we called to minister? The answer to that is found in the Scriptures above. We are to minister that which we have been given by supernatural grace, faithfully. This clearly follows what Jesus commanded when He sent out the twelve: "Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give" (Matthew 10:8).
 
All this should make clear to us that the ability to minister comes through strength and that strength is what comes from God through Christ by the Spirit. It is a gift, it is a measure of grace and it is to be done in faith. It is not the result of our efforts or ability, but it is dependent upon our willingness to be used. So it is when that willingness to be used in the strength given to us by God comes into play, we move. The shift is away from us into the realm of God's ability, housing, carrying and releasing that supernatural grace though our willing vessels.
 
Again, God though Paul reveals God's perspective on such matters.
 
"We have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves; we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body" (2Corintians 4:7-10).
   
We see here that there is a great difference between Heaven's circumstance and our own. In fact, the Lord is making it perfectly clear above that in order for His power to come forth in "surpassing greatness" absolutely requires that we face difficulties which may very well include being "afflicted,"  "perplexed,"  "persecuted," and "struck down."
 
By looking at this honestly we see that there is a no comparison between God's ability and our own. Without God's supernatural grace working through Christ, we cannot minister. "Apart from Me you can do nothing" (John 15:5). And lacking the working of the Holy Spirit, there is no ministry. "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing" (John 6:63).
 
The Surpassing Greatness of the Power of God
 
As hard as this may be to receive, we see throughout the New Testament that being in such straits of utter dependence on God are the very ways the Lord redeems so that we house, carry and release "the surpassing greatness of the power...of God." In fact, the Lord reveals through Paul that this type of life is what truly promotes the crucified lifestyle: "always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body."   
 
We should be seeing by now that our strength is not the prerequisite for God using us. We should also be seeing that our circumstance is not the qualifier for God to move through us. We should also accept that our status (either in the eyes of self or the world) has nothing to do with being able to minister the life of God. That is what is meant by God's call comes through our strengths, but God's way comes through our weaknesses. The abilities of God that we have been given, own up to, walk in, and humbly submit to will (by His guidance) put us in situations where we will not see God work unless He does it through us.
 
The Lord wants a greater release of Himself to come though your life today. But in delivering this message to you, I must tell you in all sincerity that the only way God will work beyond what we have seen will be as we allow ourselves to become empty of the agendas of self, abandoning ourselves to the Spirit of the Lord for the pathway He will direct. Each must be willing to forego the "tried and true" in order to move with God into untested waters that God has already measured for us to manifest Him in greater fullness.
 
At a crucial point in His own life, the Apostle Paul found out that the way He had in mind was not the way God would work perfectly in and through Him.
 
"And He said unto me, 'My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.' Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong" (2Corinthians 12:9-10).
 
God's call comes though your strengths, but God's way comes through your weaknesses.
 
Bill Click

Visitor Comments (1)

Discerning the Will and Ways of God
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I tend to agree with the author of this article.

However, It is so easy to move in personal interpretation of the Scriptures, rather than depending upon the Word of God as your sole focus. many are interpreting the Scriptures from rather 'radical' viewpoints, which is disappointing to me to because of sensationalism of so called 'new revelations,' Many times Paul warned of this, especially from 'false apostles, prophets and teachers.'

One must be wary of these 'gospels.'

Thank you,

Mike Norton

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