“Jesus went up on the mountain and called to Him those HE HIMSELF WANTED. And they came to Him. Then He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach, and to HAVE POWER to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons…” (Mark 3:13-15) The twelve are just beginning. They don’t know that one of them will betray Jesus, ten of them will be martyred for Jesus and an eleventh exiled. They just know that at this moment, they need to say yes. Before all that happens, they do AMAZING THINGS for Jesus.
Because, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”— the things God HAS PREPARED for those who love him— these are the things God has revealed by His Spirit.” (1 Corin. 2:9-10) You see, when we are called of God, “…it is God who WORKS IN US both to WILL and to DO for His good pleasure.” (Phil. 2:13) To WILL: God gives us the will or desire, To DO: God gives us the power.
In other words, GOD CALLS US AND GIVES US THE DESIRE AND THE POWER TO DO HIS WILL…
-Bill Stockham