God's call is inexplicable. Can't be explained.

This reflection at http://www.marketplaceleaders.org/articles_view.asp?articleid=4932&columnid=744 really starts me thinking.

Sometimes in the past, I got confused with what the bible says and what I'm brought up to think. We're told - God will help you but you must help yourself first - this is sensible - that means God gives us common sense and we must use it first. But we tend to just take it in the natural senses that many things are up to us, not God. We then eliminate God from the rational thought processes. We make our decisions based on our rational human thinking without God's spirit. It's not helped by the fact that many of us with a fair amount of intelligence, can make it far based on our own levels of intelligence and our own skills, a product of God's blessing no doubt.

But then, where is the element of bold trust in the unknown, the impossible, and the seeming foolishness? If we walked by the totally rational, logical ways of our brains and the world, we'd never take up the call to serve God. Why? because we'll be stupid to do that. We'll be foolish. Why do that? Why waste time on... 'church'?

I had a thought today - that God is everything, we are nothing. If one does not waste time on the Lord, the creator of all the universe, the giver of life, the prince of peace - where do we find our own sense of belonging, identity, purpose, mission and uniqueness?

Nothing can compare to the all-surpassing love of Christ our Lord.