Called

Continuing the Elijah narrative from last week, this week we see him fulfilling one of God’s charges—namely, Elijah finds Elisha and calls him into ministry with him. In the New Testament passage for this week, we see Jesus doing this exact thing with his own disciples. Jesus even alludes to the calling of Elisha in his response to a would-be disciple. “Calling” is a word that we use often in the church, but there is also a lot of misunderstanding around the topic. Today we will look at what Scripture says about what it means to be called.