The Call

"All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes ot Me  I will by no means cast out.  For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.  This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me, that everyone who sees the Son and  believes in Him may have everlasting life; And I will raise him up on the last day.
John 6: 37-40 NKJV

There is that moment, that instant where one knows that there is something more to the life they are living.  It's not magic or at all logical, but it has indeed been pre destined from the begining of time.  In that moment, we know we have something special before us.  Some call it their own realization.  However, I prefer to refer to it as "The call."   That is, Gods call on our hearts.  Like reaching out to call His children home, our Lord will often whisper to us our need to follow Him.  Of course, this was our original programming, our original calling.  For in the garden of Eden, man would spend his days in the very presence of his creator.  This is not a well kept secret, for the book of Genesis tells  us very clearly the story of our Lords creation.  How from virtually nothing God created all that we see today from something which from the begining was "Without form, and void {Genesis 1:2}.  Not only that, but our Lord also created man from the very dust of the ground, breathing into him the very breath of life {Genesis 2:7}.  Therefore, from the begining of time, God has created all that we see and experience today.  Upon completion of this miracle of creation, it is our Lord who ultimately declared His creation "Good" {Genesis 1:31}.  Yes, these were the original settings, our default settings if you will.  Pure, God created and undefiled straight from the factory.  So, what went wrong?  Why, if these were our "Original settings," would our Lord feel the need to place His call on our hearts to follow Him?  What happened?  Sin happened.

Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil.  And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever" - therefore, the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.  So he drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
Genesis 3: 22-24 NKJV

So much for original factory settings.  Of course, this was no manufacuring defect or blemish.  No, this was operator error pure and simple.  Following the suggestion of the deceiver, man gave in to that which God had warned him not to.  This is what is commonly refered to as "The fall."  And what a tumble it was.  Some have refered to this as being "seperated" from our Lord upon the expulsion from the garden of Eden, but I disagree with this.  Yes, mankind may have strayed away from his creator, but this did nothing to change the original factory settings which had been instilled in him.  That desire to fellowship and commune with God was and is  still with us no matter how far we wander.  These are our original settings, and our fall into sin did nothing to change this.  This is also why, when our Lord chooses, that he places his call once again on the hearts of His children.  Deep in our hearts we know Him, He is our Lord, our God.  From the dust of the ground He breathed into us the breath of life.  He has always been with us, no matter how hard we try to assert our independence and live on our own.  He is loving, He is patient, He is God.  When we, His children, hear His call, we do well to answer.

~Scott~