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What is the Macedonian Call?

Writer's picture: Linus LefeverLinus Lefever





ACTS 16:9

“And a vision appeared to Paul in the night. A man of Macedonia stood and pleaded with him saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”

The call for help

A Macedonian call is a call for help. It is something I believe is needed when we are beginning our mission. Without the Macedonian call, there is no need for someone in ministry to come and help. A call for help is saying come and help us, we cannot do this on our own.


Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia issuing the call for help. “Come over and help us." To me this says two things, the first being a call for help. It is a call saying, “I cannot do this on my own, I need your help”. The second is an acceptance to go and help the person who is issuing the call.


I’ve had several calls for help during my ministry, the first being when I was called into the ministry, even before I knew anything about the ministry. Our first ministry experience was as a volunteer. I had no idea what a “Macedonian Call” was, but when a call for help was issued, I answered. Someone asked for help and I accepted the call. It is that simple. Since then, there have been several other calls for help which Kay and I were always willing to answer. Every ministry job I’ve ever had was a call for help, "I need you to come and help me do this." "The job is too big and I can’t do it by myself." "I’ve been praying for someone to come and help me and you were the one who answered the call."


In most cases I didn’t have the tools to do the job. Satan comes to discourage us by saying, “Who do you think you are? You can’t do this job, it is too big for you to handle.” 

I’ve always said, “God has no one qualified working for Him yet”. I’ve learned over our years in the ministry, God is the one who does the qualifying. All we have to do is say yes to the job and then He is the one who qualifies us.


The Macedonian call is the beginning of a relationship between the person who needs help and the person who answers the call for help. In the ministry there are several calls for help. I believe it is answer to prayer, “God help me, I’m acknowledging I can’t do this alone”.


In Paul’s case it came in the form of a vision but it is always in the form of “come and help me.” In ministry the call is issued all around us, all we have to do is respond to this call. The Lord will help us to do the rest.


When the Macedonian call is issued, God is looking for someone to help Him do a job. Our hands should fly up and say, “Look no further, I’m your man or I’m your woman to do this job”.

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