The Lord passed by, and a great strong wind rent the mountains and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind ...[nor] the earthquake...[nor] the fire: and after the fire [came] a still small voice.... 1 Kings 19:11-12
"I have called you friends.... You did not choose me, but I chose you." John 15:15-16
Remember at all times - it is God himself, breathing within, who woos us and calls us to live as His sons and daughters.
Remember His gentleness when you think of yourself as a lowly servant of the most high King. He is indeed King, but one who loves us as a heavenly Father. And when you gave yourself to Him, you took within you the Holy Spirit as your spouse.
And so it is by the wooing, and the sustaining power of the Spirit that you chose, and continue to choose, a life of godly perfection that comes by walking the path of the gospel.
"My Father, you call me your child....You call me beloved.... I know that no service you ask of me today will be too hard. Nothing you ask of me will harm me... though you want to put to death in me the selfish...the fearful... and all that keeps me from walking close to you." ~David Hazard