Called

#youngLeader truly KNOWING your CALLING will RELEASE YOU to a lifetime of FRUITFUL SERVICE.

#youngleader if you aren't working hard, learning, expanding your integrity you certainly can't expect the people around you to be either!

#youngleader If I read my story in the scriptures, would it say that I had radical faith or would it say that I was a person who played it safe?

#youngleader The hunger for significance can destroy us. It can drive us away from what God is doing. Remembering the story of David & Saul.

The call of God will Seize you, Separate you, then it will Secure you.

1.The call of God will Seize you.

1.Look at Saul, Abraham, Moses, Joshua, the 12 disciples.

2.There is a definitive moment as God speaks to those He is calling.

1.The calling of God is irrevocable

Romans 11:29 (NLT) "For God's gifts and His call can never be withdrawn."

1.The bible says that it is without repentance or it is without desertion. You can not desert the call of God. The calling of God can never be turned away from and deserted.

1.God you called me. God you saw potential in me.

2.You saw your gifting being called out in me.

1.You can fight it but it will always be there, there is an internal gift, talent and ability that God has designed inside of you that He desires for you to use for His purpose that will lead others to an eternal relationship with Him.

2.No more no less. He placed this gift, this desire down deep inside of you that He desperately wants that calling to be tapped into so others lives are changed.

3.He doesn't call people to make them famous.

4.God doesn't call people to make them look intelligent.

5.He doesn't call them to get the world to see their gifting but to see Him.

2.Are you displaying Him?

3.Are you displaying Christ?

4.Does your calling exalt Him, thank Him, point to Him?

5.You somehow still think this whole deal is about you!

6.No way it's about Christ it's always been.

2. The call of God will Separate you.

Mark 1:16-20 (NLT) "One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew throwing a net into the water, for they fished for a living. [17] Jesus called out to them, "Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!" [18] And they left their nets at once and followed him. [19] A little farther up the shore Jesus saw Zebedee's sons, James and John, in a boat repairing their nets. [20] He called them at once, and they also followed him, leaving their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired men."

Luke 6:12-16 (NLT)

"One day soon afterward Jesus went up on a mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night. [13] At daybreak he called together all of his disciples and chose twelve of them to be apostles. Here are their names: [14] Simon (whom he named Peter), Andrew (Peter's brother), James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, [15] Matthew, Thomas, James (son of Alphaeus), Simon (who was called the zealot), [16] Judas (son of James), Judas Iscariot (who later betrayed him)."

1.People, called of God understand that God is in control of their past, present, and future.

2.They don't get dismayed at the circumstances surrounding them they continually place confidence in Him.

1.The calling of the 12 was so important Jesus spent all night praying for God to reveal His plan to Him.

1.Many of us don't spend 5 minutes a day in prayer to communicate to God let alone time in prayer dreaming, planning, and preparing for the future.

1.The call of God will Seize you, Separate you, then it will Secure you.

3.Saul was blinded and thrown to the ground from horseback and was separated from those he was with!

Acts 9:6-16 (NLT)

Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do." [7] The men with Saul stood speechless, for they heard the sound of someone's voice but saw no one! [8] Saul picked himself up off the ground, but when he opened his eyes he was blind. So his companions led him by the hand to Damascus. [9] He remained there blind for three days and did not eat or drink. [10] Now there was a believer in Damascus named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, calling, "Ananias!" "Yes, Lord!" he replied. [11] The Lord said, "Go over to Straight Street, to the house of Judas. When you get there, ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul. He is praying to me right now. [12] I have shown him a vision of a man named Ananias coming in and laying hands on him so he can see again." [13] "But Lord," exclaimed Ananias, "I've heard many people talk about the terrible things this man has done to the believers in Jerusalem! [14] And he is authorized by the leading priests to arrest everyone who calls upon your name." [15] But the Lord said, "Go, for Saul is my chosen instrument to take my message to the Gentiles and to kings, as well as to the people of Israel. [16] And I will show him how much he must suffer for my name's sake."

1.When the Spirit of God calls you He begins to call you out of something and into another.

1.He will call you out of the darkness.

2.He will call you out of the ignorant.

3.He will call you out of the selfishness.

4.He will call you out of sin.

5.He will call you out of some relationships.

6.He will call you out of mediocrity.

1.He will call you into the light.

2.He will call you into the intellectual.

3.He will call you into service.

4.He will call you into holiness.

5.He will call you into some relationships of submission, encouragement, accountability, and discipleship.

1.He will call you into greatness.

1.That greatness will include suffering.

3. The call of God will Secure you.

Matthew 10:1-4 (NLT)

"Jesus called his twelve disciples together and gave them authority to cast out evil spirits and to heal every kind of disease and illness."

1.When you are on the team and under the authority of the leader, coach, or Pastor they got your back.

2.You have authority and power when you are under authority.

1.When you are submitted to the leadership of God that is where God blesses you not when your running your mouth, backbiting, disgruntled, or complaining.

1.As you keep humble God will raise you to a higher level, use you in greater power, and your gift because you are using it to exalt Him.

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 Youthrock Youth Pastors

 Michael and Tara Koelling

   Next Month we will launch the Impact Now Campaign! We accept the challenge to Double and Disciple Youthrock in the next year!