Be called and be unafraid

This morning as I sat at work deeply praying for the events of the day, I started skimming through the Bible. I cam across 1 and 2 Samuel. Corinthians. Matthew. Hosea. And I finally stopped at Galatians. I laughed because a friend of mine taught me the way to find Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians. General Electric Power Company. (rabbit trail I know)

Anyway I started reading Galatians 1:1

Paul, an apostle-sent NOT FROM MEN NOR BY MAN, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father STOP

Paul was sent by God. No man directed him to do the things he was doing. You go on to read a letter he was sending to the church in Galatia. They weren't following the Gospel of Jesus Christ but something else. Paul was telling them they needed to get their junk in order because there was only one Gospel and they were getting confused. He then goes on to CONTINUE to tell them that he was sent by God and not by man.

"I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ. They only heard the report: 'The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.' And they praise God because of me." 

This could also be your story. You could be a person who completely tears down Christianity and everything that it stands for. You could also be a christian who gives Christianity a terrible name. You know, those people who make it so no one wants to go to church on Sunday mornings because they are so high on their high horse that they don't believe anyone else is above them. 

You could be someone who is just at church because you want to put on a front. My point is this. It doesn't matter what walk of life you are on, you can be used. You can be the change that the world needs. You could be the person who stands in the middle of a rally between two 'hate groups' and calms the raging storm they are producing. You, no matter what you have done, can be used by God. Everyone is called but only a few will actually answer the call on their life. We have to live unafraid of the things that we could face from day to day. 

It's not easy, but it's worth it.