14 “Then he said: ‘The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will and to see the Righteous One and to hear words from his mouth. 15 You will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard. 16 And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name.’ Acts 22:14-16 NIV
Read the above verse and inserted your name. Do you see how God's call on each of our lives is similar?
In Acts 22 above, Paul was explaining God’s initial call on his life to the Jews who had seized him in Jerusalem. God has a purpose for every life He creates. While God’s destiny for each of us is unique, our call is the same.
God has chosen us to know His will. He chose us to see the Righteous One, Who is Jesus. And God chose us to hear words from His (Jesus’) mouth. We will be witnesses to all people of what we have seen and heard.
God has chosen us (Eph. 1:4) to know His will. What is God’s will? The mystery of God’s will is that He plans to sum up all things in Christ Jesus (Eph. 1:9). We are called by God to know and understand that in His perfect timing everything in heaven and everything on earth will come to fruition in Christ.
God has chosen us to see the Righteous One. Jesus is the Righteous One, Whom God raised from the dead (Acts 3:14-15). Many people see Jesus in dreams and visions. Even if you don’t, all of us can see Jesus through the things He does in and through your life. Since the creation of the world, His invisible attributes, His eternal power, and His divine nature have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made (Rom. 1:20).
We have been chosen to hear Jesus’ voice. In these last days, God has spoken to us through His Son, Jesus Christ (Heb.1:2). Jesus said His words are spirit and His words are life (Jn. 6:63).
The call that Paul received in that first century after Jesus’ death is the same call that you and I have received. God’s plan is that we will be His witnesses to all people of the things we have seen and heard in Him. What are we waiting for?