Paul wrote to the church in Ephesus, “I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. (Reference Ephesians 4:1-6)
Here we see that he is encouraging us to walk together in our callings. There is a couple of things we should look at from this passage.
1. Are we walking in full obedience to the call given to us? Are we making things a priority over the call we are given knowing that God wants our hearts?
Many times we get distracted with things around us. Sometimes they maybe legitimate reasons for us to not answer our call, however, they shouldn’t replace the call given to us. We need to look at where our priorities lie and ask if we are skirting around responsibilities put on us by Our Lord. He may not be calling us to do something full time or maybe He is. What is important is that we need to look at what He leads us to do.
As brothers in Christ, we all have a calling that we need to answer and not make excuses. When we fail to do our part, it affects the rest of the body. Remember what Paul wrote to the church in Corinth in regards to the Body working together with the rest.
2. We also need to remember that sometimes someone is going through something that they are not communicating. This is not something that is necessarily a right thing. If someone is quiet about what’s happening, it can also affect their calling. We need to be “sensitive”, to our brothers who maybe dealing with something that they are dealing with.
Men have a tendency of not sharing problems. We tend to shut down and just move forward. It’s against what we are taught. Our Lord does teach us that we should be walking with each other and talking about what’s going on, if we are struggling. Peter, John, and James all dealt with anger, for example. Jesus knew their hearts. He transformed them into being used mightily to spread the Gospel. In fact, He transformed 12 misfits into doing so.
It should be something for us to remember
We need to look up and see how Our Lord uses all of us, even if we are not being completely obedient to our call
And build each other up to do so as well. It can be a lonely road otherwise