1 Corinthians 7:20

1 Corinthians 7:20 - Each one should remain in the situation which he was in when God called him.

Do you understand that you have been called by God? Each and everyone of us has a specific plan that God has called us to. He laid out this plan for us before we were born and He has been waiting for us to answer the call. There are specific things that He will have us do, but really what it comes down to is living a life that glorifies Him.
Most of the time God is not looking for you to drop everything you are doing at the time that you answer the call. To be sure, if you are sinning, repent and turn from that. That’s not what I am talking about. What I mean is things like your job, your family, maybe even your friends. Occasionally God calls a person to leave everything, like He did to the disciples, but most of the time we are ‘to remain in the same situation as when we are called.’
Our situation is actually a little different than the disciples. See, they had to leave everything in order to walk with Jesus. We do not. When we meet Jesus we can have Him come inside us and He will walk with us in whatever we are doing. To be sure, if your current job is sin, or causes you to sin, then leave it, but most of our jobs can be done with integrity and according to God’s law. You may, however, have to change the way you do your job in order to glorify Him through it.
Think about Zacchaeus. As a tax collector he was living in sin, then Jesus called him. He did not quit his job, he just changed the way he was doing it. Zacchaeus modified his actions in his current situation so that he could glorify God through it.
Most of the time that is all God wants of us as well. He has called you to make a difference in the lives of those around you. Let them see the change that took place in you and Love them as you change your actions to glorify God.

Acts 22:14-15

Acts 22:14-15 - “Then he said: ‘The God of our fathers has chosen you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear his Words from His mouth. You will be His witness to all men of what you have seen and heard.’”

This is the message that God spoke through Ananias to Paul when he first came to know Jesus. It is also the same message that God speaks to each of us when we come to know Him. First we need to recognize that God has chosen each one of us. We have a calling on our lives that needs answered.

In the book of Romans it says, “For those God foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brothers. And these He predestined, He also called;” and it continues on from there (Romans 8:29-30). What I want you to see is that it begins with those God foreknew and continues on to say that we are called. Who did God foreknow? Since God knows all and is the Creator we can also rest assured that He knew each one of us before we were born. So again I ask, who did God foreknow? You and me and everyone else.

So as we see the progression we know that we are called. And to proceed on we can see that God wants you to know His will. Romans 12:2 says “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is - His good, perfect and pleasing will.” And through the Holy Spirit we will be able to see Jesus and hear the Words from His mouth just as Paul did. We also have the Bile as our guide.

Now for the last part of this message to Paul. “You will be His witness to all men of what you have seen and heard.” Jesus has called us, as His disciples, to be witnesses to the world. This doesn't necessarily mean leaving all that you are doing, it means being a witness wherever you find yourself. There are people all around you; at work; at school; your neighborhood. God has called you to the people that you come in contact with. We must answer His call and be a witness and testify to all that God has done in our lives.