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God Called - He
Needs Your Decision!
by Randy Kirk
Excerpt
If you
are ready to commit to God fully and avoid any potential of being seen as
lukewarm, this book is the outpouring of my heart intended to provide you with
a pathway to victory.
Here is
an outline of the path. Each step is based on a decision. Just like your
initial decision to follow Jesus, you will be making decisions throughout your
walk.
·
Decision:
That I will listen to God for His call on my life.
·
Decision:
That I will do what is necessary to hear and obey God’s call on my life.
·
Decision:
That in order to be in a position to hear God’s calling, I will love Him and
others, and seek the intimacy that accompanies that love. I hunger and thirst
for a right relationship with Him and others.
·
Decision:
That in order to love like that, I will be poor in spirit and more humble.
Humility means that I trust God for my direction, not myself or other people. I
believe what God says.
·
Decision:
I will become a disciple of Christ, which means watching and hearing what He
teaches, then doing those things.
The
Bible describes five kinds of followers of Jesus: the multitudes (Matt. 4:25),
casual inquirers (John 4:9), disciples (Matt. 5:1), close disciples such as
Peter, James, and John (Matt. 17:1), and an intimately close disciple (John
13:23). Which kind of follower are you?
The
multitudes blend into the crowds on Sunday mornings. Rejecting service
opportunities. Giving Intermittently. Avoiding relationships. Avoiding
commitment. They like being part of the crowd that gets close enough to Jesus
to mollify the yearning desire in their hearts for relationship with Him, but
not so close that His expectations touch them.
The casual inquirers
ask
endless questions about inconsequential matters. Seldom do they change their
attitudes about the Lord but, rather, they relish the dispute and
disagreements.
The disciples change the
direction of their lives. They turn and follow Jesus after their encounter with
Him. They learn from Him, they serve Him, they testify to what He’s done in
their lives, they share His love with others, and they stay close to Him. Even
when they drift away and wander off, they eventually turn around and come back
to a close relationship and fellowship with Jesus.
The
best picture of the intimate
disciple is
John reclining against Jesus with his head on Jesus’ breast. Do you think John
heard Jesus’ heart beat? I do. And I want to be that disciple--the
one that is so close to Jesus that I hear His heartbeat. Do you? I believe you
can be!
You can
be the kind of disciple who is so close to Jesus that there is no room for
anything to come between Him and you. The kind of disciple that worships Him as
closely and intimately as humanly possible. The kind of disciple that hears
God’s voice distinctly calling to His service. The kind of disciple that, upon
hearing God’s call, answers: “Here am I. Send me.”
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ReplyDeleteSounds like just what I need. Looking forward to reading!
ReplyDeleteRandy, you already know I loved this book! Great stuff and convicting. Love your site, Lisa! Partial to green . . . :)
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