The Faith to Follow God’s Call

What faith is required to follow God’s call on your life? What faith have you exercised to follow God’s call on your life? What faith is needed to follow the call of God on your life? 

God’s call on our lives requires faith and action on our part. We must hear and obey God’s call. It’s not enough to hear the call of God. We must also act on that call in obedience, in faith, and in action. 

We cannot stay where we are and follow Jesus. 

In Matthew’s gospel account, we see the call of Matthew the tax collector. Jesus called Matthew to follow him and Matthew left his tax booth and tax collecting business and he followed Jesus. Matthew left his old life for the new life Jesus had for him. 

In his gospel account Matthew tells his testimony, writing simply, “As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, ‘Follow me.’ And he rose and followed him.” (Matthew 9:9, ESV). 

Matthew heard the call of Jesus and he obeyed the call of Jesus by rising up and following him. 

Like Matthew, may we have the faith to follow God’s call on our lives. 

A Collect for the Second Sunday after Pentecost, or the First Sunday after Trinity (Proper 5): “Grant, O Lord, that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by your providence, that your Church may joyfully serve you in quiet confidence and godly peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, 2019). 

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