Your Royal Calling | Jonathan Cahn Sermon
God Calls You to Step Out in Faith and Fulfill Your Divine Purpose
When God calls your life, there are some things that will never happen until you step out in faith, just as Abraham did. Faith is not passive. It requires movement, trust, and obedience even before you see the outcome. When I first said yes to ministry, there was almost nothing there. It began as a small gathering of people with very little support, yet we sensed God calling us forward. We had to step out in faith before we ever saw provision.
I remember a friend who felt called to attend Bible school, but he had no money at all. Still, he packed his bags and prepared to leave. Before going, he visited a pastor next door simply to say goodbye. The pastor suddenly told him, “By the way, we received an offering for you.” That gift became exactly what he needed. He had to step out before the provision appeared.
Before you were born again, you did not truly know your purpose. You may have created goals for yourself success, wealth, ambition but those things were never your true calling. A person cannot ultimately give purpose to their own life. Only the Creator can reveal the reason for your existence. True purpose comes from God alone.
That purpose begins to unfold when you are born again. God places a divine calling upon your life, and you discover it not by living for yourself, but by living for something greater than yourself. Abraham found his destiny by following God step by step. He was not shown every detail in advance. He understood the general direction, but the deeper plan unfolded through obedience.
The same is true for you. You may not know every detail about your future, but you do know the foundational things God has already called you to: walk in holiness, live in love, follow the Spirit, trust His Word. As you obey what you already know, God will lead you into the greater destiny you cannot yet see.
By faithfully following the truth God has already revealed, you will be guided step by step into the exact purpose prepared for your life. The more obedient you are to what God has spoken, the more quickly His plan unfolds before you.
Abraham’s life became a vessel for God’s purposes. Through one man and one woman, God brought forth blessing to the nations, His covenant people, and ultimately the revelation of His Word. In the same way, if you are a child of Abraham through faith, your life is no longer merely your own. You are now a vessel of God’s power, grace, and purpose.
Do not see your life as existing only for yourself. You were created to carry something greater. You are called to receive from God and pour His life into the world around you. Real fulfillment comes when your life becomes an instrument for the glory of God.
God told Abraham, “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse.” Through history, entire nations rose or fell according to how they treated the descendants of Abraham. This reveals something powerful: God works through covenant blessing. And as a child of Abraham by faith, God is also working all things together for your good.
That does not mean every circumstance will feel good. There will be pain, hardship, disappointment, and spiritual battles. But God promises to weave together both the good and the bad for your ultimate blessing and purpose.
Think about prayer. When God answers one prayer, He is moving countless events, people, and circumstances together at the same time. The entire world is connected under His sovereign hand. God loves you so deeply that He is able to orchestrate all things for your good according to His purpose.
Like Abraham, you must hold firmly to this truth even when you cannot yet see the outcome: God is your protector, your provider, and your blessing.
Abraham did not merely believe intellectually he acted on his faith. Faith becomes powerful when it is joined to action. Moses acted on faith. Paul acted on faith. Peter stepped out of the boat in faith. Every great servant of God moved forward despite uncertainty.
Every day, take the Word of God and put it into practice. Do not simply hear truth live it. Even one step of obedience can begin moving every area of your life toward God’s intended destiny.
Abraham also had to leave things behind. Following God always involves separation from the old life. This is not a one-time event. Every day there are attitudes, fears, sins, or habits God calls us to leave behind. We are constantly crossing over from the old nature into the new life God has prepared.
You may still battle weakness, fear, selfishness, or unholy desires, but you are not bound by your past anymore. You are bound by the promises of God.
A child of Abraham is called to step out courageously. David stepped out against Goliath. Elijah stepped out against Baal. Esther stepped out to save her people. Peter stepped out of the boat. Every breakthrough begins when someone obeys God beyond their comfort zone.
There is spiritual power released when you step out in faith.
One powerful example is the testimony of Richard Wurmbrand. During communist rule in Romania, religious leaders were pressured to praise the government publicly. His wife urged him to stand for truth no matter the cost. He obeyed God, spoke boldly, and was later imprisoned for his faith. Yet through that suffering, God raised him up to impact persecuted believers around the world. His calling was fulfilled because he chose courage over fear.
Abraham was called the first Hebrew. In Hebrew, the word for Hebrew comes from a root meaning “to cross over.” Abraham crossed over into a new life with God. The children of Israel crossed through the Red Sea and into the Promised Land.
If you belong to God, you are spiritually called to cross over as well.
You have the power to overcome barriers that once controlled your life fear, shame, addiction, anxiety, failure, or insecurity. Through Christ, you are no longer defined by obstacles. You have been given the power to break through and move forward.
As a child of Abraham, you are called not only to read about God’s promises but to enter into them personally. Your life is part of a greater legacy that stretches through the prophets, patriarchs, apostles, and the people of God throughout history.
You may have come from poverty, brokenness, or disappointment, but now you belong to a spiritual inheritance greater than anything the world can offer. You are rich in God.
The Bible calls believers “children of promise.” Before the foundation of the world, God already had a purpose prepared for your life. Your existence is not an accident. Your life itself is evidence of His promise.
Isaac was born into blessing, and if you belong to God, you too are surrounded by blessing. Even when life feels difficult, the blessing of God remains over your life. Some blessings are visible, while others are hidden and unfolding in ways you cannot yet understand.
But you were not only created to receive blessing you were created to become a blessing.
Abraham’s calling was to bless the nations, and that same spirit should define your life. Live with the mindset: “I am here to bless others. I am a vessel of God’s goodness.” When you live this way, fear, bitterness, anxiety, and selfishness begin to lose their power.
A person focused on blessing others no longer lives trapped in fear of people. Instead, they walk in freedom, purpose, and peace.
Finally, Abraham was called an heir. Even while living in tents, he believed God’s promises about the future. An heir does not yet possess everything, but lives with confidence in what is coming.
As an heir of God’s Kingdom, you can live with hope and expectation. No matter your present situation, God’s promises declare that something greater lies ahead. The future belongs to Him.
The Bible says that once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God. You have been called out of darkness into His marvelous light.
You are not who you once were.
You are chosen by God, called with a holy purpose, empowered to walk by faith, freed from the chains of the past, and invited into the promises of Heaven itself. You are blessed, called, and destined for His glory.
You are a child of Abraham not symbolically, but spiritually through faith. Therefore, live like it.
In his powerful book The Avatar, Jonathan Cahn explores the spiritual mysteries shaping modern America and the future of the world. The book examines ancient forces, prophetic warnings, and the spiritual realities influencing today’s culture and events.
