A. J. Gossip tells how Alexander Whyte faced his ordination in his first church. In his message to his people, Whyte declared that “all through time and eternity God had been preparing [him] for this congregation, and this congregation for [him] and, prompt to the minute, He had brought them together.”6 This is a mind-boggling concept—one that we need to recall every time we are tempted to speak glibly about the call of God! “God … called me through His grace” (v. 15).