Consider your call

1 Corinthians 1:26-29

Consider your own call, brothers and sisters: not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to reduce to nothing things that are, so that no one might boast in the presence of God.

When our feathers are ruffled

When we want to stand on our dignity

When we want to rise up

and assert our authority

We are exhorted:

Consider your call

When we feel put down

When we've been overlooked

When we've been misjudged

and found wanting

We are exhorted:

Consider your call

When our contributions are dismissed

When we encounter narrow minds

When we long to simply take our gifts

somewhere they will be appreciated

We are exhorted:

Consider your call

God calls us for times and seasons

not of our  choosing

God calls us to serve in places

out of our comfort zones

God calls us to work with others

who are not like us

And when it all seems like too much 

We are exhorted:

Consider your call