It can be helpful and inspiring to read the various accounts in the Bible of individuals who were called of God to accomplish some holy purpose. There was Moses, Gideon, Jonah, the disciples, Paul, and others. Each of these individuals had unique sacrifices to make, fears and weaknesses to overcome, needs to be met. Few responded to the Father's direction without a private struggle. But in the final analysis, they obeyed and found that God gave them the ability to meet the peculiar demands of their calling. They saw fulfilled in their lives the Biblical promise "Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it." I Thess. 5:24.
We may wonder, though, if it's not a little presumptuous to think of ourselves as called of God to fulfill His purpose. No doubt it would be if we thought of ourselves as humanly very special and considered our own calling as somehow superior to others'. But a close study of the Bible and Mrs. Eddy's writings shows us that this is not actually what it means to be called.
God doesn't choose certain apparently talented human beings and ask them to accomplish some heroic task. Being called is a matter of our beginning to discover who we really are as God has created us. Each of us is in fact a wholly original creation, or expression, of the one all-knowing God, who is supreme intelligence, infinite Mind. Our identity and purpose are particularly defined by this allwise, loving creator. Each of us is essential to the Father's full expression of His own nature, spiritually significant, fully capable of doing His will, divinely anointed, blessed. Gaining even a glimpse of our spiritual individuality gives new animus and meaning to our lives; and our distinct, God-ordained mission begins to come into view.
