Calling
The bible says that many are called but few are chosen. I think that means that Godʼs call goes out to everyone, as he wants no one to perish, but not many respond to His call. There are many reasons that people do not respond positively to Godʼs call and some of them I have learned from my sons.
Distraction
Sometimes, I need to call one of the boys to come and help me with a house- hold chore. They are normally upstairs playing on one of their games and I tend to get a few different responses from them before they answer my call. The most common response is that I donʼt get a response at all. In this case I have to go upstairs and open their bedroom door, only to find them so en- grossed in playing their Xbox game that they havenʼt heard me calling them.
Wait a minute
Another response is that they shout back to me, ʻin a minute dad!ʼ Two things normally follow this response, the minute becomes thirty minutes or I forget to call them again and do the job myself.
Ignore
Quite often the boys ignore my call because they donʼt want to do the house- hold chore I have waiting for them. When this happens they end up doing the chore and being disciplined.
Refuse
The worse response is when they refuse to come and help and ask me to re- quest one of their brothers to help instead because they are to busy.
Many people today donʼt respond to Godʼs call because they are distracted by the pleasures of this world, or they want to finish what they are doing first, or just ignore or refuse defiantly to respond to Godʼs offer of forgiveness.
SJO