Obeying God's Calling

You know that feeling of fear you get when you know God is calling you to do something that might not be in your plans? Well I do. I always seem to try to make up godly/righteous excuses, "Well, God I am doing a lot  to serve you and I just don't think I have the time right now to go pray with that girl." It might not be the exact thoughts in your mind, but if we are in anyway putting off what God is trying to work through us, we are being disobedient. We are sinning. Yes, that is right, sinning. Even though we might be serving on every committee that the church has to offer, even though we come to church every time the doors are open, even though we lead a small group bible study, we are ultimately disobeying God if we are not doing even the small things to further the Kingdom.

This reminded me of a study led by my youth pastor a couple years ago called, "The Little Guys." The scripture was Acts 9:1-19. In these verses, Saul is converted and becomes a Christian. But this could not have happened if it was not for a "little guy" named Ananias who was ultimately obedient to the Lord. Saul was stricken blind by God because of the persecution that he was doing. Ananias then had a vision and the Lord spoke to him. He told Ananias to go to Saul and to restore his sight. When Ananias heard this, he did what most of us would do, he brought up all the terrible things that could happen. Ananias was afraid, just like we are when God ask us to do some things. Big or small. The Lord responded to him by saying that Saul is going to be used as an "instrument to carry my name." Ananias ends up obeying and going to Saul. "Something like scales fell from Saul's eyes and he could see again." What if the Lord is calling you to simply pray with a lady in line at a grocery store and that prayer ends up being a prayer of salvation and the lady comes to know the Lord? By you obeying God's call, scales have been removed from this lady's eyes. Wow. What if we deny a small calling like that? It may be small at the time, when your heart is pounding out of your chest and your palms are sweaty because you are nervous. In the end though, God gets the glory!! Let us realize the importance and urgency of obeying God's call, whether it be big or small to us, it is all going towards a greater glory in the Kingdom of God.