Worthy of the Calling of God!

“With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith.”– 2 Thessalonians 1:11 NIV

How can we count ourselves worthy of God’s calling, that by His power He may fulfill every good purpose of ours and every act prompted by our faith (2 Thessalonians 1:11)? God’s calling comes from the Spirit of God as the Holy Spirit is our guidance/advisor/friend to help us in the walk with Him: “The Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.” (John 14:26)

But how do we listen the Holy Spirit, or how do we know, if it REALLY is the Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit will automatically comes to you, if we seek the kingdom of God FIRSTLY as well as living righteously (Matthew 6:33), NOT according to our own selfishness, but according to Christ Jesus, our Lord:

I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.” (Ezekiel 36:26-27)

This is because we are the temple of the Holy Spirit – “Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in your midst?” (1 Corinthians 3:16)

This means that as a follower of Jesus, we have to act what Holy Spirit tells us to, in order to fulfill every act prompted by our faith according to the Spirit of God. This is because faith without action is dead:

What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. (James 2:14-17)

But what if the action is going to be very difficult for us to handle, as same time as we have steadfastness faith in Christ Jesus according to the Spirit of God? We STILL have to act what the Spirit is calling us to, even though it is going to be hard, as Jesus warns us:

Whoever wants to be my disciple [follower] MUST deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? For the Son of Man [Jesus] is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done. (Matthew 16:24-27)

We can put our trust in Him, for He is the way of the life and the truth (John 14:6), and “we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28)