Discovering God

This Sunday Pastor Alex took us into the world of Samuel the prophet of Israel. We saw his beginnings, calling and accepting of God’s purpose for his life.   Throughout his message Pastor challenged us to consider what God is calling us to do and what our response will be. What is a call from God?    We see various ways God calls people in the Bible. Abraham we are told in Genesis 12:1 “Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you.”    God spoke to him.  Jacob had a vision of a ladder and then wrestled with God in Genesis 28 and 32. The prophet Ezekiel had a vision in Ezekiel 1 and saw God. 1:28 “Like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard the voice of one speaking.” This se...