The Call: TO
The song Turn Around was a hit in the early 1960s. It begins, Where are you going, my little one, little one; Where are you going, my baby, my own? The lyrics describe the love parents feel as their children grow up and leave home to an uncertain future.
God must share these feelings whenever He summons one of His children to Go. Although He already knows the outcome, that doesnt make it any easier. For God also knows the dangers and difficulties, the setbacks and sacrifices, His child will face.
When God tells you to Go, he also tells you the To. He tells you to go somewhere or to someone. He sends you to a place or to a people.
There are many biblical characters God sent somewhere.
Abraham was instructed to go to the place God would tell him.
Jonah was told to go to Nineveh.
Nehemiah was led to go to Jerusalem.
Timothy was dispatched to Ephesus.
But there also are a number of biblical characters God sent to someone.
Moses was assigned to go to Pharaoh on behalf of the Israelites.
Esther was chosen to go to her husband, King Xerxes, on behalf of her people, the Jews.
Peter was to stay in Jerusalem with the Jewish Christians.
Paul was sent out to reach the Gentiles.
Where or to whom will God send you? Ask Him.
Dr. Steve Lake is a retired educator with over 30 years experience in the American public schools. He has served in a variety of position, including teacher, elementary school principal, junior high principal, Associate Superintendent, retired from public education as Superintendent of Schools in Lincolnwood, IL. He has his Bachelors, Masters and Doctor of Education degrees from Northern Illinois University. For the past 25 years Steve has attended and been a member of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington and Northfield, IL. At Willow Creek Steve has taught adult classes on spiritual gifts, life purpose, and spiritual disciplines. He has ministered overseas in Angola, Zambia, Honduras, Germany, and Russia. Steve is co-founder of Designed to Serve, a ministry that equips Christians to live out their unique God-given calling. Steve is married and has two adult children who are married.
