UVB Word For Today
*Today God is calling you (3)*
5 June 2023
*‘‘I have prayed for you, that your faith will not fail.’’*
Luke 22:32 NASB
God wants you to do His will, but you’ll never reach the place of spiritual maturity in which you’re ‘Satan-free’. You can overcome him, but you can’t eliminate him. Look at Peter. He had only one gear: overdrive. He was always in the middle of everything that was going on, but he wasn’t always on top of things. The man who ended up leading the church, first denied being a disciple of Jesus. Pretty shocking, eh? But nothing about us surprises God. He doesn’t call you and say, ‘I hope you’re the right person.’ No; Jesus told Peter, *‘Satan has demanded to sift you…like wheat; but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail’* (vv. 31-32 NASB). Isn’t that an amazing revelation? Even when you don’t know how to pray for yourself, Jesus is praying for you. *‘He ever liveth to make intercession for them’* (Hebrews 7:25 KJV). Jesus told Peter, *‘When you have turned back, strengthen your brothers’* (Luke 22:32 NASB). Out of the mess you’re in today can come a ministry to others. Not only can God turn your life around, He can use you to turn the lives of others around too. And one more thing: God isn’t apt to think you’re worth ‘sifting’ if you aren’t doing something right in the first place. Sifting is a method of purifying, of straining out the debris and refining what remains. That means there had to be something worth salvaging in you at the outset. *Today God is calling you. Don’t waste another moment; surrender your life to Him.*
*Bible in a Year: 2 Kings 15-16, Acts 10:24-48*
