Pricey Minister,
One main fact to learn about divine operations is that God does nothing as an afterthought. Every thing about His plans and functions for us is at all times DELIBERATE and INTENTIONAL. For these of us in ministry, it’s essential we notice that early and key into it.
Ministry could be very deep. There are numerous issues in ministry that we can’t merely REASON OUT; we will solely PRAY THEM OUT, after which the Holy Spirit will start to interpret them to us and information us step-by-step alongside the best way. Realizing God’s plan in your life and ministry and following it with out reservation is probably the most lovely expertise you possibly can ever have in ministry.
By no means you suppose that life is all about coincidences. No, God could be very DELIBERATE and INTENTIONAL about our lives and ministry, and that’s why we at all times require the Holy Spirit to guide us each step of the best way. God is the Grasp Strategist, and there’s no planner or strategist like Him.
Whereas most people solely consider THE IMMEDIATE whereas making choices, God thinks of THE ETERNAL. He takes under consideration eternity previous, current, and future earlier than giving us directives on the earth as a result of He dwells in eternity (Isa. 57:15).
As a result of God is basically INTENTIONAL about your life and ministry, that’s why you possibly can’t simply make any choice by yourself with out consulting Him; it could set your life and ministry a few years backward. The second you as a minister start to see God’s everlasting knowledge and discretion in each factor you do in ministry, your life will take an upward swing and you’ll at all times stroll within the plans and functions of God in your ministry.
Bear in mind: PROVERBS 3:5-6
– Belief within the LORD with all thine coronary heart; and lean not unto thine personal understanding.
– In all thy methods acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
It’s, subsequently, essential to start out seeing the INTENTIONALITY of God in each facet of ministry operation that you just’re concerned in. This lets you admire the majesty of God’s everlasting knowledge and in addition lets you do ministry at its most interesting.
I’ll, subsequently, spotlight and briefly speak about 12 elements of ministry expertise that replicate THE INTENTIONALITY OF GOD in order to higher cooperate with Him to meet His goal in your life and ministry.
(1) God is Intentional about your Ministerial upbringing:
Though He could not decide the time when making a decision to turn into born once more as a result of that’s solely primarily based on human will, volition, and readiness, He, nevertheless, superintends your ministerial upbringing in order to actually put together you for the task He has for you in ministry. This may contain His selection of your disciplers and handlers in your early days and early life of ministry. You realize; Paul received born once more on the street to Damascus (Acts 9:3-6) the place he had an uncommon encounter with Christ, however from there Christ introduced Ananias into his life (that wasn’t Paul’s choice) after which others got here into his life by divine association such that he had the type of ministerial upbringing that will synergize along with his calling (Acts 9:10-19). So, by no means remorse or despise your ministerial upbringing; God was INTENTIONAL about it.
(2) God is Intentional about your geography and site:
By geography, we imply location. For John the Baptist, his essential location was IN THE WILDERNESS primarily based on Bible prophecy (Isa.40:3), and from there many traveled down from town middle to hearken to him (Jn.1:19-23). However the second he started to meddle with palace affairs, he received into hassle (Matt.14:1-12). Location is a really crucial part of God’s plan in your life. You possibly can’t get up as a setman and simply determine any location for your self. On the tale-end of my Nationwide Youth Service a few years in the past, I used to be having a 7-hour prayer (7pm-2am) within the presence of the Lord one night time when He spoke to me round 2am, “GO BACK TO IFE; I HAVE APOSTOLIC ASSIGNMENTS FOR YOU.” God doesn’t simply ship a person of God to a location for enjoyable; there’s a divine goal behind it and it’s as much as the person of God to search out out. Additionally, it’s doable that God leads a minister from one location to a different every so often (it’s God’s prerogative); the minister solely wants to remain delicate in God’s presence and know that God could be very intentional concerning the geography of his calling.
(3) God is intentional concerning the folks you’re despatched to:
Peter was despatched to THE JEWS whereas Paul was primarily despatched to THE GENTILES (Gal. 2:8). God was intentional about this and He’s nonetheless very a lot intentional about points round demographic constructions for the minister. Discover out the demographic construction of your calling — the folks you’re despatched to — the sick, the oppressed, the youth, womenfolk, menfolk, ministers, the ignorant, the commoners, the scholars, the aristocrats, professionals, the married, PLUS LOTS MORE. You’re not despatched to all people. As an example, not each minister can set up a Ministers’ Convention as a result of it takes greater than having cash or a great auditorium to do this. In the event you’re not despatched there, you’ll find yourself being schooled and tutored by those that got here in your assembly. This may then lead us to the following level.
(4) God is intentional about your message/emphasis:
Sure, we’re all known as to evangelise and educate Christ, however there are SPECIFIC MESSAGES that replicate the revelation of Christ that every minister has been dedicated to emphasise. Discover out yours. Dad Hagin taught Religion. Dr. David Yonnggi Cho taught Church Progress. Kenneth Copeland taught Prosperity. Bishop David Oyedepo teaches Religion and Prosperity. Pastor W. F. Kumuyi teaches Holiness. Dr. Myles Munroe taught Goal Discovery and Achievement, and on the tale-end of his earthly life, he taught The Kingdom. Discover out your emphasis and keep dedicated to it, and the sky will probably be your starting.
(5) God is intentional about your non secular masking:
By non secular masking, I imply the folks you’re submitted to, mainly your non secular father. You don’t simply handpick your non secular father and mentors. There’s one thing they have to carry upon their lives that’s required by your calling to operate optimally, and all of the carnal issues people put up at present on this regard won’t ever maintain water within the eye view of eternity. Peter, James, and John who have been pillars within the early Church interpreted Paul’s calling appropriately and gave him and Barnabas the precise palms of fellowship (Gal. 2:9). After which Paul took Timothy up as his son in ministry and the remainder is historical past (Acts 16:1-3, Phil. 2:19-22). We don’t trivialize such issues like non secular fathering within the Kingdom and comply with some vogue. No, if God ought to open your eyes within the Spirit, you will note how weighty these issues are within the sight of God.
(6) God is intentional about your Ministerial Relationships:
God linked Barnabas and Paul collectively (it was God’s personal prerogative in Acts 13:2) however Devil separated them in Acts 15:36-40 by means of a 3rd occasion difficulty, and from then on, we didn’t actually hear a lot about Barnabas once more. God linked Mary to Elizabeth by means of an angelic message and that relationship was a prophetic springboard for the success of God’s goal within the Beginning of the Messiah (Lk 1:36-56). God linked Apollos to Aquila and Priscilla and his ministry exploded for it (Acts 18:24-28). See; God could be very intentional concerning the folks He’s bringing into your life, and rejecting them or rejecting the order of that relationship is looking God’s knowledge to query. There are folks God has known as to you; they bear and carry the treasures that you just want. You miss them and your life and ministry stay stagnant.
(7) God is intentional about your presents and anointing:
Jesus gave some Apostles; some Prophets; some Evangelists; some Pastors and a few Lecturers (Eph. 4:11). There’s a goal for the presents and anointing of the Spirit of God in your life — it’s designed to satisfy a necessity in your era and to additionally fulfill a divine function in all the worth chain of general God’s agenda on the earth. By no means despise your presents and anointing. Cherish it and fan it to flame for better expression.
(8) God is intentional about your era:
Each minister is put in a era by God — you possibly can’t belong to 2 generations, so cease wishing that you just did ministry within the days of Peter and Paul. The era God places you is the very best for you, and also you’re to meet the desire of God in THAT GENERATION, identical to David did in HIS OWN GENERATION. **ACTS 13:36** For David, after he had served HIS OWN GENERATION by the desire of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and noticed corruption: Abraham, David, and our Lord Jesus Christ belonged to completely different generations IN THE FLESH (Matt. 1:1,17) however all of them fulfilled the desire of God for his or her lives. So, God could be very intentional placing you in your era.
(9) God is intentional about your marriage:
That’s very simple. God is the One Who joins folks in marriage (Matt. 19:6). For Isaac to get an acceptable spouse for example, it required divine main and divine favor (Gen.24:3-7,12-67). Word this reality: IF YOU’RE A MINISTER, THEN GOD IS VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT YOUR MARRIAGE — YOU CAN’T JUST MARRY JUST ANYBODY, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY BE SPEAKING IN TONGUES. Flawed marriage will frustrate and destroy your ministry however proper marriage will facilitate the success of your ministry.
(10) God is intentional about your particular assignments:
God provides you with SPECIFIC ASSIGNMENTS which typically could not make sense to you, however He’s as much as one thing. Though others could not admire or have a good time it however persist with it, figuring out the One Who gave you the assignments. You’re gonna make a horrible mistake in case you’re at all times in search of human approval or validation as a result of God is main you thru the unpopular path. Think about a widow tarrying day and night time within the temple simply fasting and praying for the Messiah to be born (Lk. 2:36-38). On face worth, that’s not enticing nevertheless it carried each seal of divine approval.
(11) God is intentional about your consecration:
This may contain God’s non-public directions to you which ones embody your dos and don’ts. Don’t let anybody speak you out of it. For Samson, it was that no razor ought to come on his head however he violated it (Judges.13:5, 16:17-19). For Dad Hagin, a part of it was that if he may pray in tongues for one hour per day, Jesus instructed him that he would have divinely-granted appearances and Dad caught to that, and even went way more into praying for hours. I do know my very own private consecration too nevertheless it’s not meant for public consumption. Don’t let people who find themselves solely pushed by concept however lack depth of fellowship with God speak you out of your consecration.
(12) God is intentional about your occasions and seasons:
The Lord Jesus as soon as instructed me in a imaginative and prescient the place He appeared to me on Thursday eighth of August 2013, “Son, there are particular issues in your calling which you suppose are meant for tomorrow however are meant for at present. And there are others which you suppose are meant for at present however are meant for tomorrow. Subsequently keep in My presence and be delicate to My main per time.” That modified all the pieces for me. Buddy, God is at all times intentional about our TIMES and SEASONS as a result of each goal beneath Heaven has a time and season of manifestation (Ecc.3:1).
When a minister misses his season, a journey of 5 years can take 50 years, and when a minister jumps forward of God, reasonably than turning into a BLESSING to his era, he turns into a BURDEN. I usually say this, “YOU CAN DO THE RIGHT THING AT THE WRONG TIME BUT YOU CAN NEVER DO THE WRONG THING AT THE RIGHT TIME BECAUSE NO TIME WILL EVER BE RIGHT FOR ANYTHING WRONG.” Buddy, comply with His CALENDAR, not your personal AGENDA, as a result of He’s at all times intentional about your life and ministry. That’s why like David, everybody of us ought to say to the Lord: **PSALMS 31:15** MY TIMES ARE ARE IN THY HAND: ship me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. Say it loud and clear, “MY TIMES ARE IN YOUR HAND, OH LORD.” Hallelujah to the Lamb of God! Could the Lord give us understanding! Amen!!
I hope this can be a Blessing Sirs and Mas?
Take pleasure in The Rain Of God’s Blessings!!!
Pastor Bimbo Animashaun
