The 2025 theme of The Church of Pentecost stresses the need for Christians to live a life worthy of their calling, having been unleashed into the world to transform their spheres. This thought-provoking theme is a timely response to the pervasive sin and debauchery in our world today.
The church’s Vision 2023 focused on winning the nations for Christ under the overarching vision of “Possessing the Nations.” This involved equipping ministers, officers, and members to transform every sphere of society with the values and principles of the Kingdom of God. Vision 2028 aims to “Unleash the whole church.”
Some thematic and topical areas for 2025 include:
- Living for eternal rewards.
- Living your faith in the public sphere.
- Serving God with our possessions.
- Unleashed to save the never-dying soul.
- The practice of waiting on God through prayer and fasting.
- Revitalising worship and fellowship in the local church.
I have discovered that everything in this world was designed and created to fulfill a specific and a defined intention. According to the Bible, God created humans for several purposes, including:
- To replicate God’s image: God created humans in His image and likeness to share His love, grace, and goodness.
- To adore and glorify God: Humans were created for God’s glory and to worship Him.
- To enjoy companionship with God: Humans were created to enjoy fellowship with God.
- To have free will: Humans were given free will to freely share in God’s love and joy.
- To be caretakers of the world: Humans were created to care for the world and each other.
- To have dominion over creation: Humans were given dominion, power, and control over the earth and all that is in it.
God created mankind out of love, for the purpose of sharing love. We were created to love God and each other. Additionally, God gave humans the responsibility of good works to experience His goodness and reflect His image in the way they care for the world and each other.
As Christians, we are mandated to live after Christ’s character. To reflect an image, one must stand in its nature. As followers of Christ, it is important to replicate His nature in our daily activities – in speech, thought, deeds, conduct, and character.
LIVING A WORTHY LIFE
Generally, one’s life can be worthy only in Christ, who transforms behaviour and lifestyle and gives it meaning. Living a worthy life means living a divinely and eternally purpose-driven life, with a focus on heaven. The Christian is spiritually inclined to the things of God, not carnally inclined.
“Living a life worthy of your calling” is an expression found in the Bible, meaning to live a life that validates godly character, moral valor, private integrity, and mature behavior. It also means expressing gratitude to God for salvation and redemption. The phrase appears in Ephesians 4:1, where the Apostle Paul urges Christians to live a life worthy of their calling. The Greek word translated “worthy” is “axios,” meaning having the same weight as something of similar value.
Living a life worthy of one’s calling means:
- Living as God’s redeemed people, bought by the precious blood of Jesus.
- Living up to the standard God set when He called you.
- Walking in divine contentment, purity, humility, and discipline.
MY CALLING
Living a life worthy of your calling means the world sees Christ through you. It implies taking your everyday, ordinary life and living it in a way that praises and honours God.
Our calling begins with being in Christ. We are saved by grace through faith and brought into a community of faith, where we learn God’s purpose for our lives and are strengthened in faith to do the good works asked of us. Apostle Paul challenges us to lead a life worthy of God’s grace and our calling.
CHARACTERISTICS OF A WORTHY LIFE:
- Humility: Recognising that we are not worthy and never will be; our lives will never balance the scale with God’s.
- Gentleness: Being willing to be led by another, as Jesus was obedient to His Father’s will.
- Patience: Enduring injuries inflicted by others because of the life we are living.
- Love: Bearing with one another in love, the greatest gift we can give.
- Unity: Being one in Christ and united with one another.
Finally, we must see our profession and work as a calling to demonstrate God’s love, holiness, and purity. We must manifest Christ in every aspect of our lives, using our professions to win many for Christ and make God famous.
By Overseer Emmanuel Owusu (Mpasaso District, Tepa Area)
