MINISTRY AND LIFE
Matt 11:28-29; Phil 2:12-13
Yesterday, we started this issue as we began to look critically at God's view and perspective of Christian ministry. We saw that God's work can only be done by God but because of His love towards which made Him to create us in His likeness and image, He has decided that we should also become His major co-workers on the earth. However, He desires that we become co-walkers with Him before we think of working with Him. His desire is such that daily we yield our neck to His yoke and follow Him closely and wholeheartedly without the purpose of learning from Him as He does what He do.However, as we walk closely with Him, we see His ways and methods of working and this revelation always wants to spur us up to quickly do some things in like manner. The fact is that God is not eager for us to work for Him. His desire is that after learning His ways and methods, we should still come to wait on Him to fill us afresh so that He would be the one doing the work through us on the earth. However, God system is such that He works first in us before He works through us. The depth of His work in us determines the height and glory of His work through us. He uses us to minister to others from the abundance of what He has ministered to us.
God is always pleased with men who wait on Him in spite of the fact that they know what to do and how to do same, because they want to be sure that they are not the ones working but God working in and through them. God honors those who honor Him with fear and trembling. We work out who God is working in us as we with awe, fear and trembling seek His face and wait on Him for every little details of our lives. God's work must be done by God Himself because only what is done by Him is acceptable to Him.
Prayers: Lord, help me not to be full of myself. Let not the revelation of Your person and Your word make me puff us and hurry not to allow You to do what You alone can do in and through me.
