The Bible says: \u2018As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, \u201cNow separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.\u201d Then, having fasted\u2026 prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away.\u2019<\/i> (Acts\u00a013:2\u20133\u00a0NKJV) Notice three things: <\/p>\n
(1) Barnabas and Saul were in church when God called them.<\/i> And the Holy Spirit still speaks to us when we gather to pray, worship, and hear God\u2019s Word. One reason we don\u2019t have clear direction for our lives is because we aren\u2019t in the place where God can speak to us objectively through His Word, and subjectively through His Spirit. <\/p>\n
(2) Their calling was confirmed by proven leadership.<\/i> Those who laid hands on Paul and Barnabas, confirming their calling, were leaders who took time to pray, fast, and seek God\u2019s will. Such people are a gift. They won\u2019t necessarily tell you what you want to hear, but they\u2019ll tell you what you need to hear. They\u2019ll counsel, correct, and comfort you when you need it, and confirm God\u2019s will for you. So, do you have such relationships in your life? If not, get busy and find some. <\/p>\n
(3) God doesn\u2019t play hide-and-seek with His will for your life.<\/i> God called Paul and Barnabas by name. Yes, He knows your name, where you live, and the circumstances you\u2019re in. Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress (to hide it from the Midianites) and Peter was out fishing when God called them. Your lack of \u2018ministry\u2019 experience doesn\u2019t limit God. That\u2019s because He doesn\u2019t call the qualified, He qualifies the called. So wait on God, and when the time is right He will call you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Bible says: \u2018As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, \u201cNow separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.\u201d Then, having fasted\u2026 prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away.\u2019 (Acts\u00a013:2\u20133\u00a0NKJV) Notice three things: (1) Barnabas and Saul were in church […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1628"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1628\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}