Crossroad Bible Study

I was struck while reading Luke 2 about how God had a specific calling for each person in the chapter and how important, yet different, each of their callings were. Mary’s calling is rather obvious as it is the focus. She becomes the mother of the Savior. But the others in the chapter are quite unique as well. The shepherds were called to come and worship the King. Simeon and Anna were both waiting for the Messiah and their calling was simply to be another sign of the validity of His birth. Although the Charlie Brown part in the devotional was a bit silly, I did think the author made a good point about how God uses all sorts of people in His church. It makes me excited to think about what sort of callings He has for all of us.

It also reminds me to be very sensitive to the Lord speaking to me about my calling. For the Shepherds, the Lord made sure that they wouldn’t miss His call. As He used lots of angels and loud shouts! Sometimes that is how God speaks! But then, with Simeon, it was through the gentle prompting of the Holy Spirit that he knew that this baby was the Messiah and he knew where to find Mary and Joseph. It seems that the Lord speaks to us in many different ways and we should be ready for however He decides to communicate to us.