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Discipleship Focus: Calling
- Calling asks whether or not God has called the person to the particular work at this point in their life.
If we are
a good student of the Bible, we absolutely must confess something when it comes
to Babylon. They were called by God to
conquer Judah. Assyria had been called
by God to conquer Israel; in the same way Babylon is called to conquer Judah. It is absolutely God’s will for Babylon to be
on the scene.
However,
Babylon didn’t learn from Assyria’s mistake.
God called Assyria against Israel, but they went about their job without
grace and mercy. They were brutal and
cruel in their destruction. God called
Babylon to judge Assyria, but the Babylonians only learned from the
Assyrians. They were just as cruel in
their domination of the region. As God
called Assyria but then had to judge them, God also called Babylon but then had
to judge them as well.
Furthermore,
while Babylon was called to judge Judah, Babylon was not called to attack and
destroy the temple of the Lord. It makes
sense that God would take this personally.
The Babylonians attack and plunder the very place that the God who gave
them the power resides! They were called
to come against Judah. They were not
called to come against God Himself.
What can
we learn through all of this process? We absolutely need to pay attention to
our calling. God even gives us free will
to go about accomplishing His will! But
we need to make sure that we go about our calling in a way that brings honor
and glory to the Lord.
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