God Calls Me to a Relationship with Himself

In review of Romans 1:7 it reads,  “I am writing to all of you in Rome who are loved by God and are called to be his own holy people” (NLT).

God is the only permanent source of my security and salvation, and at the same time he is "my father".

The most important calling on my life isn't something I do. My most important calling isn’t to a role. It’s not to regulations, rules, or rituals. It’s not even to a religion. My first call, above all else, is to a relationship with God.

God wants me to be a part of his family. He wants me to be his child.

The most important thing that’ll ever happen to me isn’t something I’ll do. It’s something God will do. He’ll call me his child! He wants me to know him and love him and be his beloved son or daughter.

The Bible says it like this: “What an incredible quality of love the Father has shown to us, that we would be named and called and counted the children of God! And so we are!” (1 John 3:1 AMP).

As I follow God, I don’t have to check off all the things I think I should do with my life. Focus on my relationship with God, and he will not only reveal my unique calling, he also will show me how to do what he wants me to do.

In summary, I am loved by God and am called to be his own holy son. God is the only permanent source of my security and salvation. The most important calling on my life isn't something I do, nor is it a role, regulation, rules or a ritual. My first call above all else, is to a relationship with God. The most important thing that'll ever happen to me isn't something I'll do. It's something God will do. He'll call me his child! He wants me to know and love him and be his beloved son. What I need to do is focus on my relationship with God, and he will not only reveal my unique calling, he will also show me how to do what he wants me to do.

As I think through this passage and devotion today, my natural tendency is that I need to be finding and doing something on my own to fulfill my primary calling. However, what I’m learning is that my only calling to have a relationship with the Father and Jesus. When I do so, He will show me what he wants me to do. I pray today father for that I not only listen by obey what you reveal to me. I pray for your wisdom and guidance for what lays ahead. I ask that you help the doctor’s who are treating me diagnose and provide a remedy and relief for my swelling. These things I pray through our Son Jesus name.