PURPOSE TO FOLLOW GOD’S CALL
by steve johnson
E
ven before the fall of man in the Garden of Eden, God had a plan for the salvation of His people and the restoration of all things (Ephesians 1:4–10). God is always at work, even now all around us, to carry out that plan. Perhaps the almost incomprehensible truth in all of this is that He includes you and me in that plan, inviting and calling us to be part of it. God created each of us. We each have our own blend of personality, talents, abilities, passions, spiritual gifts, and experiences in life that make us unique. There is no one else exactly like you or me. And each of us, like a musician in an orchestra, has
a part to play in God’s great symphony of history during our time here on this earth. The question is, when our divine Conductor calls on us to play our part, will we do it willingly and with purpose? Moses was a Hebrew, born to slaves, but raised and educated in Pharaoh’s household. Through a series of events and mistakes Moses ended up fleeing Egypt and, seeking to put his past behind him, settling down to raise a family and become a shepherd in the land of Midian (Exodus 2). But God had other plans for Moses. He appeared to Moses in a burning bush and called him to the immense task of leading
