S. Luke 4:25-26 (NIV) “I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land. Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath of Sidon. And there were many in Israel with leprosy in the time of Elijah the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed, only Naaman the Syrian.”
O. People were telling Jesus to do in his hometown as He had done in other areas. Yet Jesus knew Hs mission and that it wasn’t doing what others thought He should be doing.
Other people always seem to have ideas and opinions about how those in ministry should carry out their calling. Yet, those called by God must go and do what God has called them to do, not what others think regardless of perceived unmet needs.
A. I will continue to focus my ministry on the specific call of God. I know there are areas of service He has not called me to and that as I trust Him, He will raise up others to minister to those other areas of need.
P. Thank you Lord for your call to my life. Holy Spirit, give me focus, faith and boldness to continue in serving according to your call and gifting. In Jesus’ name.
