1 Kings 8:53
“For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.”
The best day of my life was June 21, 1973. It was a Thursday evening, my father was out soul winning and my mom sat my siblings and I down for family devotions before we went to bed. After devotions and family prayer, I went to my mother and asked her how I could go to Heaven. After sending my brother and sisters to bed, she opened the Scriptures and showed me how to be born again. That night, I knelt beside our couch and received Jesus Christ as my personal Saviour. This was the greatest day of my life because my destination went from Hell to Heaven. My relationship with God changed from being lost to being a child of God.
Several things happened that night that I didn’t totally understand. Just like Israel didn’t understand when God called them out of Egypt, I didn’t understand that I was called out to be His inheritance. Salvation certainly saves one from sin, but it also calls them out unto several things.
First, when a person gets saved, they are called out to be God’s. Notice that God separated Israel to be His “inheritance.” God didn’t separate us from the world to bring glory to man, but He called us out to bring Him glory. You must always remember that God wants the glory for calling you out. When Israel started giving God’s glory to a golden calf, He severely punished them and ground the calf to powder. God didn’t call you out for you to give glory to any man. You must be careful that you don’t take God’s glory and give it to man for He likely will remove the man so that He receives the glory. You were called out to be God’s; be careful that you don’t give the glory God wants for calling you out to anyone else.
Second, God called you out to be separate. God separated Israel from Egypt, and He did not want them going back. God didn’t call you out of the world for you to go back and live like the world. He called you out to be separate. God wants the world to know that you are His. When you dress, talk and live like the world, they will never know that you were called out to be God’s. Be careful that you don’t try to live like the world. God called you out to live that separated life from the world. Don’t ever fall for the lie that you can look like the world and that God doesn’t care.
Third, God called you out to be blessed. God called you out to be His inheritance. In other words, He wants to bless you. This is why you must live the separated life that gives glory to Him, because it is that life that brings His blessings upon your life. God wants the world to know that living the Christian life is the best and most blessed life one could live. They will never know that if you are living to identify with the world. They will only know this when you live that separated life that gives glory to Him.
You are called out of the world unto God. Remind yourself every morning that you are called out that day to show a world of the great God Who saved you. Then, as you walk throughout the day, yield yourself to His Holy Spirit so your life will show the world that you have been called out unto God.