How the 'Called' Managed to Transform into the 'Chosen' - Unravel Secrets of Awakening to Navigate Divine Intents and Purposes
Some of us who consider themselves immune from external temptations or outside influences, have never really gone through life in extreme hardships, tribulations, or personal trials, where endurance turned resilience, proper life perspectives transformed without vengeance or bitterness, when past betrayals turned into empathy, challenges into opportunities, thereby re-defining their faith like a piece of precious gold, having gone through a purification process of refinement under extreme burning fire. Perhaps some of us still think because they were raised in a cozy environment concealed in bible-belt communities; thereby armed themselves with self-righteousness believing that they will never be tempted the same way most outsiders would experience. This illusion, in reality, is very much further away from the truth than they could ever imagine.
One self-proclaimed individual, who always considers herself righteous, spent all her lifetime waiting for a calling from God, no doubt she possesses ability to memorize scripture to the point where she can recite it backward from the Book of Revelation in reverse order, all the way back to the Book of Genesis. And yet, her calling never came.
Divine revelation and inspiration is not about heavenly gifted of photographic memory, it’s about aligning with divine purposes. Divine intuition is not something that needs to be acquired, but rather, it’s a skill wired into our inherent spiritual DNA, only gets triggered when divine timing demands attention.
True calling is a compelling spiritual awakening process with divine enlightenment that requires us to take a journey of self-scrutiny and self-reflection, revisiting our past convictions with genuine confession, taking initiatives to acknowledge our convictions and transgressions in a serious way, and subsequently taking actions of repentance with obedience to follow Christ's divine teachings aligned with God's principle.
In the original text from [Matthew 5:17-19]: Christ said: Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.
God urged us not to take salvation of Christ too lightly; many believe Jesus came to set up a new covenant, in such a way that all our transgressions would have been wiped clean in a split of a second with Christ’s sacrifice on the cross, and we would be forever free from eternal condemnation. The truth is far more brutal then what our presumptuous notion about God’s character can reveal. It requires us to face the true nature of God’s perfection that goes beyond our understandings. God was perfect since the beginning of time, God is still perfect today, and will hold His perfection always until eternity. That’s why the old covenant still matters the most, in fact, more than ever. Many also came to believe that commandments from the Old Testament are archaic and irrelevant in modern times, simply because they inherently contain God's perfection and standards that no one even dares trying to achieve. If God’s perfection were optional and negotiable, Christ's sacrifice on the cross would have been in vain.
In the original text from [Psalm 53:2-3]: “God looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God. Everyone has turned away, all have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one”.
This is precisely the reason why Christ's resurrection is crucial, because Christ's salvation comes from God's perfection. Only perfection from Christ can claim entitlement to be able to save us from our transgressions, and only Christ's perfection can command authority for us to attain eternal life.
The truth is: achieving perfection is never the objective, it's literally impossible for any human to achieve any level of perfection that God inherit and possess. Let's first get our role aligned with proper perspective; what we are dealing with, in reality, is the scenario of 'Creator' versus 'Created', the contrast of 'Command' versus 'Obedient'. The key is to show our efforts and courage in confronting our convictions with humility, genuine repentance and obedience; this is how God is building the chosen ones in silence. The virtue of resilience, endurance and perseverance, operating under the shadow of 'imperfection', is exactly what makes us both worthy and trustworthy to God in the first place, to finally earn our credits to be qualified as chosen ones. Our 'imperfection' is a perfect manifestation of God's grace and power, as indicated in [2 Corinthians 12:9], Jesus said: “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness”. God's perfection is also clearly manifested in [1 Peter 1:16]: It is written: “Be holy, because I am holy”, and in [1 Peter 2:16]: it says “Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God's slaves.”
The divine nature of a perfect Almighty Lord is so intriguing in substance, inherently sophisticated in reality, and yet profound enough not to be easily comprehended with our very own simple understanding, as recorded in [Isaiah 55:8]: 'For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways' declares the LORD.
Let's examine another verse in [Matthew 22:14], it says: “many are called, only few are chosen”. It sounds so simple, right? A bible scholar with a credential of Ph.D in Divinity would laugh at this verse, rolling over on the floor with ridicule, and then landed with no inspiration whatsoever. How about this technique for a change: Let's break this verse down into 2 distinctive phrases, and put a pause in between, not just a short pause in a hurry, no, but imagine a long pause in between. Now all of a sudden, it becomes this: “Many are called! ...” (punctuation with a very long pause; taking a deep breath, that's right, manifesting inhale and exhale rhythms, but without the gimmicks from the so-called transcendental meditation guru, who, by the way, somehow managed to get their names landed on Epstein files. Irony is: reality often proves itself with the fact that divine intervention usually comes in a profound way to expose spiritual deception. It's both enlightening and fascinating to see how events unfolding exactly the way God intended. Pardon the disruption). Now, back to the second phrase mentioned earlier, then it ends with a question mark: “only a few are chosen?”. It requires us to read between the lines, bending us backward and forward with genuine curiosity, literally and metaphorically. Often times, it's the silence of sighing in between the lines that strikes the most of what really matters in the context of divine thoughts.
Now, can you feel the deep pain and agony Christ experienced? On one hand, we can sense Christ's enormous disappointment expressed in the second phrase (Oh … too bad, only a few are chosen, Huh?). And yet, on the other hand, with the first phrase (But, look. Aha! … many are called!), we can feel the shift of sentiment, the rise of Christ's hope and anticipation, an opportunity to exploit the hunger for salvation in lost souls. Perhaps the real mystery is in what lies beneath Christ's pondering: maybe, just maybe, one day in the future, however long it may take, those who were meant to be called by God's love and grace, will finally get awakened and transform themselves into the chosen ones, with a genuine attempt to fulfill a divine mission. ([1 Corinthians 13:13]: Faith, Hope and Love. But the greatest of these is Love).
This is not about evasive techniques in elusive psychology well designed to mesmerize our psyche, this is about divine revelation.
You see, divine intuition is not something we can demand at will, but rather, it is God's secret warning system with lightning strike precision, carrying no previous caveats, free from confusion, at time when it finally hits without notice. It requires genuine repentance only the obedient can truly manifest its mastery.
Turning ourselves into chosen ones is not a fantasy dangling as hope or wish that never gets materialized; it's a form of spiritual awakening inherited inside of our divine warning alert system, which is meant for us to wait for the alarm to go off. At the time considered urgent by God, the message will then mysteriously 'pop' with undeniable yet unshakable insight.
Christ stressed in the Book of Matthew that harvest is plentiful, but laborers are few (Matthew 9:37). For almost 400 years, God has kept His silence during the period between the Book of Malachi and the beginning of New Testament. Our heavenly Father was not being indifferent during that period, but quietly observing with anticipation of our true awakening, perhaps, with the hope of our return to His grace. In a world filled with misinformation, travelling in lightning speed, ominous with sinister, we desperately need a movement for spiritual revival. Momentum is gaining traction as we tread forward, more than ever; the urgency is clear, but the reality is muddled with encrypted signs everywhere. Within the shields of divine protection against spiritual deception, Christ's message is persistent and relentlessly resonating with spiritual wavelengths, carrying hidden warnings in undetected frequencies, revealing divine intents along the way, not from the hype of Wi-Fi signals under fiber optics threatening with cyber 'insecurity', but rather, a subtle instinctive intuition reminding us the urgency of our role in stewardship. In [John 10:14], Christ said: “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me”, and in [John 10:27], Jesus reminded us: “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me”. Therefore, we need to equip ourselves with heavy safeguards in spiritual awareness, sensitive enough to detect, decrypt and decode the incentive of promoting a divine army force of stewardship, in order to fight the spiritual warfare against fallen angels, who seem forever lingering across ages. Understanding the magnitude of the protective shields is like launching a pre-emptive reconnaissance, operating under the chaos inside enemy's territory at every corner of our rival's turfs.
The time has come for us to pick up the torch of Christ's beacon of light, like the baton of a sprinter striding with the Olympic torch, which has been passed down from biblical generations to generations, anticipating rewards not from trophies made out of precious metals, but rather, hidden treasures in divine kingdom of heaven that will never be rotten, stolen, or destroyed (Matthew 6:19-21 and Luke 12:33-34).
Original text from [Matthew 6:19-21]: “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
Original text from [Luke 12:33-34]: ”Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
Original text in [Matthew 9:35-38]: “Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and illness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, 'The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.’”
Note that Scripture never suggested wealth is the culprit; it's the inherent 'obsession' and the 'love' of money, when misused or abused, will cause spiritual missteps. Supported by [1 Timothy 6:10]: ”For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from their faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.”
Conclusion
Don't just be inspired to become a chosen one, start becoming one today. All it takes is our courage and perseverance in a deepest sense of conviction to align with divine purposes, be more sensitive to spiritual awareness, and exercise proper discernment in what truly aligns with Christ's teachings, grounded in biblical principle that defends timeless and priceless truth.
If you can fathom recitals of scripture verses blindfolded, perform bible reading backward and upside down under your belt, possess faith that moves mountains, perhaps with love turned bitterness somewhere along your path, and yet still waiting for Christ's calling. Maybe it's time you should take a different approach; an approach unconventional, yet powerful enough to rewrite your legend with Christ, further allowing doors open with possibilities. God's calling defies conventional logics; it requires a deep soul searching for divine wisdom through genuine reverence ([Proverbs 9:10]: the fear of the LORD is the beginning of all wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding). With powerful prayers promised in God's words, taking actions such as “Ask”, “Seek”, and “Knock”, will take you far beyond your imagination. Who knows, with a lot of persistence and a laser sharp focus on Christ's teachings, you can become one of God's vessels to deliver Christ's messages for divine purposes. It's about time you turn that subtle inner voice of your “Calling” into a genuine “Chosen” reality.
Original text from [Matthew 7:7-8]: “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”
Until next time we cross path again; keep your heart pounding in search of divine inspiration, relentless yet powerful and undeniable in its core, because 'Truth' will ultimately set you free.
[John 8:31-32]: Christ said: 'If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.'
Always keep in mind that nourishment provided by Christ is truly a divine awakening that goes beyond our hunger and thrist.
[John 6:35]: Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty."
Signing off with Christ’s divine love, faith, and hope,
BareInChrist
(still silently observing, anticipating insights from Christ's hidden messages whispering louder and heavier everyday)