What does God call you and why does it matter? What God calls you is what you will become.
" Abraham who was called "Father" and then became a Father because he dared trust God to do what only God can do..."- Romans 4God's voice has creative power, He spoke the world into existence, and He is speaking over you. Whatever God calls you is what you will become. There is a call to action that we must participate in, like Abraham we must dare to believe we are what God calls us to be. If we don't we will end up chasing after and creating our own Ishmael's of unbelief out of what was meant to be our destiny.
We were made in His image, with His likeness, and with His nature... so that means our words have creative power as well. Whatever He is speaking over you may not exist in the natural (yet) but as He declares it over you and you partner with Him and begin to declare it over yourself, you begin to co-create with God as He shapes you into what you were put on this planet to do.
Have you ever stopped and asked God what you were created for? What name does he call you by? We see in the Bible many times when God changes a persons names and in doing so dramatically shifts their destiny. This may not be a name like John, Sarah, or Elizabeth, though it definitely can be, but is more likely something that the Lord is declaring over you, almost like a job title or a description of who you are from a heavenly perspective. Each one of us has a heavenly name, something that the Lord is speaking and declaring over us, I encourage you to ask Him what that is and when He tells you, choose to believe it.
What Does God Call YOU?
- Beloved? -Peace Maker? -Father? -Mother? -Teacher? -Leader? -Forerunner? -Warrior? -Lover?
I encourage you to take some time today to sit and listen to what God is declaring over you, remember that what God calls you is what you will become!
How to partner with your destiny:
1. Believe it
As the Lord speaks to your heart, let His words soak in and choose to believe that what He is speaking over you is truly who you are.
2. Declare it
Write down what He tells you, begin to declare it (speak it out loud) everyday. I mentioned earlier that our words have power, by speaking this identity out loud you are literally partnering with Heaven in your life.
3. Make Destiny Decisions
When you know who you are, then you can begin to live life according to purpose. This means when you are given opportunities to make life decisions you can do so with your purpose in mind. For example, if God tells me that I am a leader then I may begin to take practical steps to becoming a better leader by listening to teaching, reading books, or even going to school to learn about becoming a good leader. Or perhaps I would ask Him who I am supposed to lead and then begin pursuing that. When you begin understanding who you are watch as God opens doors that set you up to fulfill your destiny.
I once heard and amazing teacher about how "people act within their nature". It is the nature of a dog to bark, so you are not surprised or concerned when a dog barks because they are acting within their nature. However if a dog starts to talk like a human then it would more than likely cause concern because that is not a dogs nature. In the same way, when you know what it is that the Father calls you, you begin to act and make choices that line up with who you are, your heavenly nature. Gideon was called "Mighty Warrior" and because of this he led his people to freedom. For him to continue to hide in the wine press would not be in the nature of a mighty warrior.. but what honestly changed between him being called Gideon and being told he was a mighty warrior? The moment he believed the thing that God called him to do, the creative word took root and the thing that was spoken into existence is what he became.
4. Stay Encouraged
As you begin to walk into the fullness of who you were created to be, be aware of the snares of the enemy as he will try everything in his power to distract you from entering into your purpose. The enemy's tactics are the same throughout history. His number one tactic is to get you to doubt what God says about you, we see this multiple times throughout Scripture and it is still used today.
Here are some examples:
- In the garden after God told Adam and Eve "Do not eat of this tree", Satan immediately came and said "Did God really say......?"
- When Jesus was baptized God declared over Him "This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased", then immediately after Jesus went into the wilderness and Satan said "IF you are the son of God..... "
- Abram and Sarai, God literally gave this couple a name change to Abraham and Sarah which literally meant father of many and mother of nations. These two created Ishmael out of doubt and unbelief instead of waiting of the Lord to fulfill what He promised to be true.
If you refuse to budge on your identity and know that what God says about you is truth then the enemy has no foothold to plant lies. This is where Abraham failed, there are seasons of life that we go through where God is silent. It's in these seasons where the enemy tries his hardest to get us to doubt what God said to us. God told Abraham he was going to be the father of many, but then God was silent. It doesn't say God was silent, but I guarantee you that Abraham was praying a lot and asking God a lot of questions as he was trying to figure out whether or not he should sleep with his servant.. but God's expectation was that Abraham would hold onto the promises of God even when it was the season of silence... HOLD ON! Continue partnering with heaven and declaring who you are, God's word cannot return to Him void.
"As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so my word that foes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it." -Isaiah 55:10-11
Blessings and Love,
Arie Farrior
