You are Chosen for A Higher Calling

Broken man lying at the beautiful gate…reminded daily of a life once full and whole… Begging for bread, a place to lay his head, death waiting, disease taking its toll…until…

Blind from birth, street person with no worth. To humanity he seems absurd…but to him it only takes one word…from the one who gave him life…no more worries…no more strife

Silly woman thrown in the dirt; relating it, to what she’s worth…stoning will come soon enough…but a man called Jesus writes in that dirt and saves her and forgives her, showing her there’s a reason for her birth…

You there, struggling day and night, hopeless, broken, no one sees you crying in the early morning light…or the one fighting for your life on distant shores, begging, just to survive one more day and night…

Young man, young woman, fearing what the next hour may bring…addictions and abuse leaving you homeless and confused…Where are you God? Do you even exist? Feelings of, “I’m no good, no use!”

Souls broken and dying…evil consuming their lives…they are the reason Jesus came and died…

We are born with a purpose and a high calling, one that is often overlooked because of selfishness…the self… becomes the god…I learned something today. I was reading about God being a consuming fire and came across a profound truth…I read that the first sin was not Adam eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil…it was the LIE that the snake told Eve… “lason hara (evil words) “Has God said…?” Gen. 3:5

How many times has Satan come to us with his lies and we believe his evil words…We are quicker to believe the lie than the truth…why is that?

We believe the sickness more than we believe the healing…we believe the slander more than we believe the truth…we believe what we see, taste, touch, smell, feel, hear…because that is what is natural…we can’t see the invisible world…a world that is just on the-other-side-of-forever…

Our senses tell us this temporal world is where we long to be…to live forever in this fallen place…that this is home…our soul is blinded by the lie… “Has God said?”

God has said…

You are more than a conqueror.

You’ve been saved by grace.

If you ask anything in my name Jesus said, you shall have it, if you believe and don’t doubt in your heart.

Speak to this mountain and it shall be cast into the sea.

Your sins are forgiven…

Receive the Holy Ghost and Fire

I came that you would have a full, joyful life…

My grace is sufficient for you

You will live and not die

Cast all your care on me for I care for you

I love you with an everlasting love…

Life is hard. Life is messy. We can either live this life in misery and fear and anxiety and hopelessness and despair…OR…we can choose to live this life in hope, courageous, fearless, in faith, knowing and trusting in the Living God and what he says is the truth…even in our deepest, darkest moments of weakness and sickness it is so much better believing the truth than the lie…and in the end…you will have the beginning of a life without pain, without suffering you will gain everything when you live your life with the truth…

There’s a higher calling for your life…God didn’t give us sickness and death…God gave us Jesus who is life…

Satan comes to destroy everything that God created…He hates you and not only wants your soul…he wants the soul of your children for generations to come…it is so vitally important that you get this…and understand…the High calling that is on your life…it is a fight of battles…but God has given us the power through the blood of Jesus to overcome the evil…in Jesus’ name…he has given us the Holy Spirit and Holy Fire not in our own strength or might…but by His Spirit…

Our High call is to glorify God!

Even in our dis ease…even in our weakness…even in our deepest darkest hour…we must keep our focus on Jesus knowing we have already won!!!

Get self out of the way…Look full in His face and know…WE ARE VICTORIOUS, COURAGEOUS WARRIORS OF PEACE, LOVE AND JOY! FULL OF THE HOLY GHOST AND FIRE! FIGHTING A FOE THAT IS ALREADY BEEN BEATEN! WE ARE GOD PLEASERS…GOD WALKERS…GOD TALKERS…AND WE WILL NOT BE DEFEATED!!!

ACCEPT YOUR HIGH CALLING!!!

Jesus said, “ And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men unto me…” John 12:32 KJV

~Marla Shaw O’Neill July 9, 2018

Exodus 14:14 New International Version (NIV) The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

Exodus 20:12 New International Version (NIV) “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Isaiah 40:29 New International Version (NIV) He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.

Isaiah 40:31 New International Version (NIV) but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

Isaiah 41:10 New International Version (NIV) So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

James 4:7 New International Version (NIV) Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Jeremiah 29:11 Good News Translation (GNT) I alone know the plans I have for you, plans to bring you prosperity and not disaster, plans to bring about the future you hope for.

Psalm 23:4 Good News Translation (GNT) Even if I go through the deepest darkness, I will not be afraid, Lord, for you are with me. Your shepherd’s rod and staff protect me.

Proverbs 22:6 The Message (MSG) Point your kids in the right direction—when they’re old they won’t be lost.

Revelation 3:5 The Message (MSG) “Conquerors will march in the victory parade, their names indelible in the Book of Life. I’ll lead them up and present them by name to my Father and his Angels.”

Joshua 1:9 New International Version (NIV) Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

Philippians 4:6-7 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses every thought, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

Isaiah 41:13 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) For I, Yahweh your God, hold your right hand and say to you: Do not fear, I will help you.

John 3:16-18 The Message (MSG) “This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person’s failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him.

My favorite:

Isaiah 61:1-7 New Living Translation (NLT)

Good News for the Oppressed

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed. He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of the Lord’s favor has come, and with it, the day of God’s anger against their enemies. To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the Lord has planted for his own glory.

They will rebuild the ancient ruins, repairing cities destroyed long ago. They will revive them, though they have been deserted for many generations. Foreigners will be your servants. They will feed your flocks and plow your fields and tend your vineyards. You will be called priests of the Lord, ministers of our God. You will feed on the treasures of the nations and boast in their riches. Instead of shame and dishonor, you will enjoy a double share of honor. You will possess a double portion of prosperity in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours.