MINISTRY AND LIFE 1 JOHN
4:34; 9:4; Phil 2:12-13
While several Christians celebrate
their calling, assignment in life, Divine calling and commissioning, they fall
into error most time because they lack heaven’s perspective of ministry and
ministerial assignment. When you lack God’s view of any event or circumstance,
you are on the path to error. Whereas God
has created every man for a specific mandate to be accomplished on the earth
for Him, yet God has His own standard for and of men who can and should work or
Him.
God is a desperate or hungry CEO
longing indiscriminately for workers without standards. He is not just looking
for men to work for Him nay work with Him. He has His pre requisite for men who
can work with Him and He alone has the right perspective to the dimension of
spiritual purpose, assignment and destiny.
The first issue to note with God
is that “No man can do work for God. No man can do the work of God. It is
called the work of God (work that belong to God) because it is only God that
can do His work.” However, He longs for
men who can WALK with Him with all their hearts and in the process learn His
ways to be able to WORK with Him. God is longing for CO-WORKERS; however His
first desire is to see men fit to be COWALKERS. Only walkers with God can
become workers with God.
How close is your walk with God? How
close are your ears to His heart? How closely knitted are you to Him? How much
of your hours in the day do you give to Him? How much of your journey,
projects, plans, jobs, discussion and deliberations is He leading or is he
being carried along? How hungry are you for more of Him for if truly you are
walking closely with Him, you would be hungry for more of Him?
If these questions are not
clearly answered in your heart, then I believe you need to re-examine yourself.
If your heart and desire so far has been how to do great things for God, I think
your pursuit now should be how to become someone great for God. I am scared
that God is not looking first for doers of His works; He is looking for men who
can go great distance walking with Him consistently. How I wish you can check
your spirit and your heart this day and act to re-align your heart, desires,
focus and pursuits with God. It is not first about your work for Him but your
walk with him.
Prayers: Lord, grant me the
revelation of the right perspective of ministry and service in Your kingdom. Help
me to leave all else to be able to enhance my walk with YOU.
