God's calling on our life

Bible Verse of the Day:

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, ¹⁸ the eyes of your understanding^[c] being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, ¹⁹ and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power 
Eph 1:17-19

There are so many things to unpack in this powerful verse.

i have the following questions:

what does the hope of his calling exactly refer to?
the general calling refers to the great comission - anything else?
the specific calling to each child of god - do we know? what has god called me to do?

the riches of the glory of his inheritance - what is the inheritance god has for us?

in what ways do our lives show his power toward us?

so much to think but so little time.

let me do only one question.

hope of his calling -
“I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles,
Isaiah 42:5-7

I took you from the ends of the earth, from its farthest corners I called you. I said, ‘You are my servant’; I have chosen you and have not rejected you.
Isaiah 41:8-10


I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
John 15:14-16

i did internet research and got the following
http://www.cmalliance.org/serve/call-of-god

4 Types of Call:

The Call to Salvation…

First and foremost a call to Jesus (Matt. 9:13, Mark 2:17, Luke 5:32, Acts 2:39, Romans 1:5–6, etc.).

Matthew 9:13

New King James Version (NKJV)

¹³ But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’^[a] For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”^[b]

Acts 2:39

New King James Version (NKJV)

³⁹ For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”
 

Romans 1:5

New King James Version (NKJV)

⁵ Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name,

 

The Call to Holiness…

Also about a call TO Jesus, being IN Christ (Romans 12, 8:28–30).

The Call to Full-Time Vocational Ministry…

Consider how these people were called:

• Moses called from a burning bush (Exodus 3)
• Joshua appointed by God (Joshua 1:1–9)
• Isaiah called in a vision (Isai 6)
• Nehemiah (chapter 1) called through distressing news
• Barnabas sent by Jerusalem church to Antioch (Acts 11:22)
• Jeremiah called from mother's womb (Jeremiah 1:4–10)
• Apostles in Mathew 4:19; 9:9, Mark 1:17
• Paul called dramatically (Romans 1:1, 1:Corinthians 1:1, Galatians 1:15)

The Call to a Specific Task…

• Peter and John sent by Jerusalem church to investigate what was happening in Samaria under Philip's ministry (Acts 8:14)
• Barnabas sent from Jerusalem to Antioch to follow up on the church that had been planted there (Acts 11:22)

continue tomorrow.... wow what a calling we have!