Live From Your Calling by Susan Barnes

"I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received." Ephesians 4:1

Before Paul urged the Ephesians to live a life worthy of their calling he spent three chapters explaining "the calling" that God has placed on their lives:

Paul pointed out that through Christ: we are saints (1:1); we have been blessed with every spiritual blessing (1:3); we are chosen in Christ (1:4); we were predestined to be adopted as God's son (1:5); we have been redeemed and forgiven (1:7); we are recipients of his lavish grace (1:8); we have been made alive (2:5); we have been raised up and seated with Christ (2:6); we are God's workmanship (2:10); we have direct access to God (2:18); we are fellow citizens of God's family (2:19); we may approach God with boldness (3:12).

Paul knew it would be in response to knowing and believing all that Christ had done for them that the Ephesians would be able to live a life worthy of their calling.

The same is true for us today. It is only as we live by faith, believing what God says about us is true, that we are enabled to live effective Christian lives.

Susan, an Australian pastor's wife, loves to enrich people's understanding of God. She regularly writes devotional thoughts on Bible passages. Contact