Dear servant of God, what do you use to do the work? Is it your ability, skillset, knowledge or expertise in your career? Your knowledge may be essential for God’s work. However, don’t ever place it as a higher priority in your mind than the supplicative ability of God to serve Him. Or else you’ll do yourself a lot of harm.
David said he recognised that his help came from the Lord when he lifted up his eyes, not when he depended on his position as king or boasted about the loyal soldiers he had or even the gold he had access to in God’s temple. In the same way, you can boldly say the Lord is your helper only when you’ve learnt how to depend on Him to meet each of your needs.
As much as God wants each one to flow in abundance in all things (see 2 Corinthians 9:8), so much so that none will be dependent on anybody (see 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12), don’t be enslaved to materialism. Let God discipline your life, and live with wisdom. People pleasing is not the reason for your existence.
You don’t have to stop everything you’re doing to keep your life moving on, like quitting your job. Just dedicate at least one hour each day to be with God in fellowship (prayer, Bible Study, listening to ministrations, reading Christian books, etc.), and be consistent with it. You’ll see how much God will transform your life in a short time.
God has written in His Word that we, His people, should do all things without complaining and disputing. But why? Does it mean when something wrong is being done, we can’t talk? Of course not. The goal isn’t to complain but to make an impact in this perverse generation.
Many people don’t revere Jesus from their hearts. That is why they don’t do what He says, even though some go to church and listen to His Word each week. If you’ve taken your faith journey seriously, continue pressing on. Listen not to the talk of people who don’t revere the ways of God. However, most importantly, surround your life with like-minded believers who’ll help you in your faith journey.
A purpose-driven way of living makes you live a very tight life. You won’t involve yourself in just anything that comes your way. No! God shows you what to do each day and teaches you how to be committed to the vision.
Your divine gift will only command global attention when you’ve refined it so well that God starts advertising you. Never joke with it, but harness it by serving it to others.
You may not always get compensated as much as you desire. But as far as that work is helping you become productive, do it with all your heart. With time, God will increase you through the experience you have and make things better for you.
No great man in God’s kingdom has a normal life. So don’t settle for normalcy as God’s child while you’re called to do big things. Follow God’s leading even in discomfort, and you’ll not lose your eternal reward.
Solomon tells us in Proverbs 19:27 that anybody who stops listening to instruction veers off the words of knowledge. And when one stops receiving words of knowledge, obviously, his life’s quality will begin to deteriorate. Be wise and invest in knowing God more intimately.
We all need to protect one another and not tarnish the image of one another. Everyone has weaknesses, and sometimes, to deal with them, going through suffering is necessary.
