Genesis 1:3 English Standard Version (ESV) And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

When God speaks a command the universe responds. Yesterday we left off with the issue of being called. That is a spoken command. We have no choice but to answer. In our arrogance we make it about our choice, that we sought God, that we chose God. It is not within our ability to resist the Creator.

It is God who has made Himself known. We would not even be aware of God if He had not chosen us and called us. How God makes Himself known is often different. Moses saw the burning bush. Did anyone else have that experience? We each have our own version of a burning bush moment, when God knows we are ready to seek out what is His sign to us.

There are some within the theological community that declare that God called us light in Genesis 1:3. Their logic may be based in verse 14 and 15 where the stars were created. Logic often dictates rational understanding. There is nothing rational about calling us before anything else was formed.

Ephesians 1:4 English Standard Version (ESV) even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love

Praise God that He did because up until the time we surrender to His Lordship, we had done nothing worthy of being chosen, of being called into service. God doesn’t use logic to make a thing come to pass. All he has to do is speak, “I say.” That is enough to make it happen. If we look to be worthy to be chosen we fail to understand that God doesn’t respond to vanity.

Psalm 38:18 English Standard Version (ESV) I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.

The biggest difference between mankind and animals is that animals don’t feel sorry for themselves. Regret is a powerful emotion. It can change lives. It is so powerful that it can cripple us.

Jeremiah 50:6-7 English Standard Version (ESV)

⁶ “My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold. ⁷ All who found them have devoured them, and their enemies have said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the Lord, their habitation of righteousness, the Lord, the hope of their fathers.’

We allow others to guilt us into submission. We follow because of fear because we have lost faith or never had faith. We become like sheep when all we can do is follow our animal instincts. Survival is basic to all life, no matter its form. Man is capable of being so overcome with sorrows that he will contemplate ending his own life.

We consider ourselves as having the greatest intellect yet are the most fragile creatures when it comes to mental health. Our greatest enemy knows this and will use our emotions to cripple us. His only weapon is lies and when it comes to lies his greatest lie is the truth.

“You are not worthy.”

Ephesians 4:4-6 English Standard Version (ESV)

⁴ There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— ⁵ one Lord, one faith, one baptism, ⁶ one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

Being found in Christ and Christ in us, our worthiness is no longer the issue. Having surrendered we are called to serve and being called is all that matters. Stop listening to the lies. Don’t live with regret.