Exodus chapter 30

29 You shall consecrate them so they will be most holy, and whatever touches them will be holy.

This is all about being a nation set apart for God, a nation that is pure and holy, just as God is pure and holy. We are called to be a nation of priests, a body of believers that live out Christ's love here on earthy. We are in this world but not of this world, so why do we let the cares and worries of this world weigh us down? Why do we feel so overwhelmed by all that is going on around us?

We have been given all the authority of Jesus here on earth. We have the power to heal the sick, cast out demons, raise the dead, and yet so often we feel ineffectual, useless. We are letting the things of this world get to us, to pull us down and put us down.

God has called each one of us. We each have a different calling. Some have been called to be ministers, pastors, preachers, healers, teachers, prophets. Others have been called to the mission field, to work with the lost, the hungry, the homeless, the hurting. Some have been called to work where they have been placed - in their workplace, their homes, their situations. Others have been given the gift of hospitality, they are so welcoming, so friendly, they make you feel right at home wherever they are. Some have a servant calling, wherever there is a need, you find them helping out, offering their services.

Each one of us has been called by God. It is not an accident that we are believers, not a mere chance, a fluke. We have each been deliberately and carefully chosen by God, hand picked. What a privilege that is, to be called by the One who created all there is, the one who spoke the world into being and who died so that we might spend eternity with Him. We need to spend more time with Him, to rest in His presence, to be in this world but not of it, and to let Him take up our burdens and supply all that we need.

We are called to be holy, because the Lord our God is holy.

Psalm 46:10 Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

So take some time today to just be still, to sit and know that He is God, that you have been chosen, called, and that He cares more for you than you could ever imagine.