Quotes about Call
Service to God is the deliberate love-gift of a nature that has heard the call of God. Service is an expression of my nature, and God's call is an expression of His nature. Therefore, when I receive His nature and hear His call, His divine voice resounds throughout His nature and mine and the two become one in service. The Son of God reveals Himself in me, and out of devotion to Him service becomes my everyday way of life.
— Oswald Chambers
It is easier to serve God without a vision, easier to work for God without a call, because then you are not bothered by what God requires;
— Oswald Chambers
God brings me into the proper relationship with Himself so that I can understand His call, and then I serve Him on my own out of a motivation of absolute love.
— Oswald Chambers
And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,
— Genesis 22:15
Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”
— Exodus 2:7
“Go ahead,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. And the girl went and called the boy’s mother.
— Exodus 2:8
Then the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,
— Leviticus 1:1
For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?
— Deuteronomy 4:7
“When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you,
— Deuteronomy 30:1
(Formerly in Israel, a man on his way to inquire of God would say, “Come, let us go to the seer.” For the prophet of today was formerly called the seer.)
— 1 Samuel 9:9
And David shouted to the troops and to Abner son of Ner, “Will you not answer me, Abner?” “Who calls to the king?” Abner replied.
— 1 Samuel 26:14
And he recovered all the flocks and herds, which his men drove ahead of the other livestock, calling out, “This is David’s plunder!”
— 1 Samuel 30:20