COLSON FELLOWS DAILY DEVOTIO

This devotional is for Christians who are passionately responding to their calling. The truth is, every Christian has a calling. Os Guinness describes it this way: "Calling is the truth that God calls us to himself so decisively that everything we are, everything we do, and everything we have is invested with a special devotion and dynamism lived out as a response to his summons and service."

Answering your calling is what the Colson Fellows program is all about. Locating yourself within God's grand story is the first step. This devotional begins by exploring the four movements of the Biblical Worldview, which provide the organic structure of the Bible and the timeline we are living: Creation, Fall, Redemption, Restoration. Each day the devotional focuses on a component of the story with an opportunity for you to reflect and respond.

Most often, your responses will answer questions or reply to requests. Some will be observational--putting the pencil to what you see. Others will probe the meaning of the text or how you think it should be applied to life. The first sections explore the worldview laid out in Scripture. The topics following help translate passion into action by tracing the biblical model of God's call for cultural engagement.

The closing sections guide you into understanding your mission ("Who am I? How has God made and equipped me?") and vision ("What kind of person do I want to become?"). Vaclav Havel lamented, "The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that it bothers him less and less. "You are among the few who will take seriously the call to live as an ambassador for Christ (2 Cor. 5:20). Do not take this truth lightly, but embrace it as the motivation to share his message of grace, forgiveness, and new life.