Called by God

Isaiah 6:8 (Amplified Bible)
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send? And who will go for Us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

Many times we hear of someone saying they were "called of God", to do this or that or go somewhere, and we wonder why we are never called. God does not choose a certain few to "call", He calls each and every one of us, but some of us do not hear that call because our spiritual "ears" are too clogged up with junk, and our spiritual attitude sucks beyond measure. Because of this, many are called, but only few are actually chosen. (Matthew 22:14-For many are called (invited and summoned), but few are chosen.)The ones that are chosen are the ones who have come to know Jesus, pursue a relationship with Him and are changing their lives so that their ears and their attitudes are changing, and they are living their lives for the glory of God. God does not force Himself on us, He gives us free will, we hear the voice of God calling to us and not all will answer. We need to be ready when we hear His voice, and in total surrender be ready to say, "Here am I, send me."
Do not for a second, think that God is going to come along and shout at us, or do something to force us into service for Him. He does it gently, leaving it in "our court", without any outside pressure, just gently calling us to a passionate life following Him and His will. If we will just get beyond ourselves and let the Holy Spirit work, we too will come to a place where we will hear Him calling and be ready to say "here am I, send me".

(My Utmost for His Highest-Oswald Chambers)