Isaiah 43:1 But now, this is what the Lord says – he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine”

Have you been called of God? If you are saved, you have been. Jesus said, “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day” (John 6:44). So having responded to the move of Holy Spirit in your heart and entered into a relationship with God, you are now one of the called out ones.

The Bible is full of the names of people called by God. I can hear you begin to list the ones you can think of: Abraham, Moses, Samuel, Joseph, Daniel and Nehemiah …all men no doubt. But the list is endless. Sarah, Deborah, Leah, Esther, Ruth, Rahab, and oh, the little slave girl of Naaman’s household and Mary…… And now you are thinking, but surely not all these people heard a thunder clap, saw a burning bush or heard voices from on high. Precisely! But they were separated by God for good and that was not always evident to them or anyone else at the time. But in every case they were separated to do God’s will, and in some cases had to leave behind everything that was familiar and safe.

Are you an alien in a city or foreign land, a missionary, a soldier in your country’s army? Did you just tag along with your spouse? Are you some place that you seem to have arrived at by happenstance and still trying to figure out why you are there? If you are a child of God, I urge you to rethink how you view your situation because it is no accident. Ask God to define your purpose for where he has placed you. Ask him to let you see your situation through his eyes because you belong to him. And if you do not yet know Christ as Savior, here is an opportunity to surrender your will and life to the God who created you and ask him to change you and make you his own. Then you will be able to hear his voice and have conversations with him so he can direct your steps.