Morning to you,
Let us go on with our series of Steps to Excellence in Ministry.
I believe you are gaining insight into the understanding you need to become all that God requires of you?
The next understanding you need is you need to find Your Place in the Body of Believers
The Bible says
that the callings of God are without repentance (Rom. 11:29). If you
are called to be
an apostle, prophet, evangelist,
pastor, teacher or to any other ministry in
the body of Christ, the
Lord will not revoke the assignment
given to you.
He ordained you before the foundation
of the world.
When you stand before the judgment seat of Christ, it
will be in the light of your calling—not what you did, nor what you meant to do or
wished you had done,
but what God said you were appointed
to do. This
applies not only
to the fivefold ministry but to
every member of Christ's body.
Each believer is
anointed and endued with power to fulfill a specific function. By the Spirit of
God, every individual is able to perform their calling with mastery and excellence.
So, it would
be to your
advantage to
find your calling and
get in it!
You may have
to change your
thinking to find
your place. If you
have some unscriptural religious traditions, you will have to discard them. For example, 2 Timothy2:20says, But in a great
house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and of earth; and
some to honour,
and some to
dishonour.
Many who read that
verse (or preach it) stop right there. They
say, "Not everybody
can have the
kind of excellent ministry
that people like
Brother Copeland
have. Because
in a great
house there are
some vessels to honor
and some to
dishonor. Some are
vessels of gold, but
some of us
are required to
be the earthen vessels."
Nonsense! Satan
will twist the
very scriptures themselves in
order to keep
people bowed down
and trying to please
God on the basis
of their feelings
and false humility. If
you don't believe
that's hypocritical, just see
how you react when someone else starts telling you how worthless you are!
Just let your
darling child comes home from school one day and say, "Guess what the teacher
told me today?
That I am
unworthy, no good and
a worm!" You would go to
court over that! Yet
many people tell
God that very
thing about themselves and call it
humility—that's hypocrisy.
Let's read on
and finish the
entire passage. Let's
see what the Bible
actually says about
us (verse 21).
If a man therefore purge himself
from these, he shall be a vessel unto
honour, sanctified, and
meet for the
master's use, and prepared
unto every good
work. "Meet" is
an Old English word which means "able."
Whether you become
a gold pot or a mud
pot is not the
Master's decision; it
is yours. Both are
available.
You can be a
vessel of honor as a matter of choice.
God has more
respect for us
than many of
us give Him credit for. Did you
ever watch a master craftsman at
his trade? How
does he treat
his tools? He
is not negligent and careless. His tools
are specially designed and
tempered, full of
strength and power
to do very specific tasks. As a skilled craftsman, he depends upon his instruments
for his livelihood.
He meticulously uses, cares
for and maintains
the tools of
his trade.
They are
extensions of his
creativity. He intends
for them to last a life time and to be handed down to his son after him. The
tools of a
man's trade take
care of him, and he takes care of
them.
In the redemption
of the
human race, you
and I are the
tools of God’s craft.
Jesus is the
Redeemer, but we are the bearers
of Good News. He is
the vine, but
we are the branches that bear the
fruit. He will care for us and
sustain us. He
will temper us.
A wrench is
not tempered by beating
it over an
anvil. People have
the mistaken idea that to
strengthen a believer
God has to be at and harass him.
No! It
takes oil to
temper steel. The
oil of the
Holy Spirit toughens and
reinforces us. Our
strength and power lie in the
Word of God and His Spirit indwelling us.
God will keep you
safe in His will in Jesus name!
Thanks,
Join me again
tomorrow for the continuation
Remain blessed!
John Olanrewaju
Pastor, Author, Poet, Creativity, Business, Relationship,
Career & Life Coach
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