This morning we were joined by fellow AIU Governing Council member, Jim Rogers from Orlando, Florida. Jim arrived late last evening and it was great catching up with him this morning as we waited for the rest of the team to join us for breakfast. Our devotion reading came from "Mornings with Tozer".
Who Hears the Call of God? Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. John 6:68
Who can deny that there are certain persons who, though still unconverted, nevertheless differ from the crowd, marked out of God, stricken with an interior wound and susceptible to the call of God?
In the prayer of Jesus in John 17:11, He said: "Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me." Surely no man is ever the same after God has laid His hand upon him. He will have certain marks, perhaps some not easy to detect. First might be a deep reverence for divine things. A sense of the sacred must be present or there can be no receptivity to God and truth. Another mark is great moral sensitivity. When God begins to work in a man to bring him to salvation, He makes him acutely sensitive to evil. Another mark of the Spirit's working is a mighty moral discontent. It does take a work of God in a man to sour him on the world and to turn him against himself; yet until this has happened he is psychologically unable to repent and believe!
Our discussion centered around "hearing the call of God" in our lives. We were challenged to make sure our calling and election is sure. How we relate to others is a reflection of God and how He manifests Himself. We must always be mindful of this and make sure that we are representing the gospel in an accurate portrayal as we go about "kingdom business".
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