Good Morning Friends,
“Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus
by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, To the church of God in Corinth,
to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all
those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ -- their Lord
and ours: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ.” (1 Corinthians 1:1-3)
The first verses of the first Corinthian letter
are pretty standard stuff. It’s just the beginning of a letter. They talk about
the one writing, they talk about the ones being written to, and they share the
goodwill of the author. It is pretty standard stuff, but it’s pretty
significant stuff, too!
This passage speaks of the fact that both the
author and the recipients have been called. Called by God, of course. That says
something about the activity of God. What they are about is of God’s
initiative. That’s true of you, too. You aren’t a Christian by your own initiative,
but by God’s. He called you to Himself. He drew you. He invited you into a
relationship with Him.
What were the Corinthians called to? They were
called to holiness. God called them to a changed life. And God continues to
call people to a changed life. That’s what He’s called you and me to. He
doesn’t want to see us stay the way we were before we met Him. He wants to see
us different, changed, holy, like Him. Oh, it doesn’t happen all at once, but
it does happen. Bit by bit, small change by small change, sometimes almost
imperceptible, but God is changing us, He always changes the people He touches.
He has changed me -- and still is. If you have
a relationship with God then He’s already changed you, too -- and He is still
at work changing you even more!
His, by Grace, Steve
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