We know from 2 Corinthians 5:18 that every born again believer is called to the full time ministry!
18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
NOT everyone is called to a pulpit ministry, but we are ALL called to the ministry of reconciliation. THAT is the ministry of preaching the Gospel to every person we come in contact with AND praying for the lost. Knowing that YOU are a full time minister of the Gospel, THIS from "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers today is very important!
. . . so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus. — Acts 20:24
Joy means the perfect fulfilment of that for which I was created and regenerated, not the successful doing of a thing. The joy Our Lord had lay in doing what the Father sent Him to do, and He says – "As My Father hath sent Me, even so am I sending you." Have I received a ministry from the Lord? If so, I have to be loyal to it, to count my life precious only for the fulfilling of that ministry. Think of the satisfaction it will be to hear Jesus say – "Well done, good and faithful servant"; to know that you have done what He sent you to do. We have all to find our niche in life, and spiritually we find it when we receive our ministry from the Lord. In order to do this we must have companied with Jesus; we must know Him as more than a personal Saviour. "I will show him how great things he must suffer for My sake."
"Lovest thou Me?" Then – "Feed My sheep." There is no choice of service, only absolute loyalty to Our Lord’s commission; loyalty to what you discern when you are in closest contact with God. If you have received a ministry from the Lord Jesus, you will know that the need is never the call: the need is the opportunity. The call is loyalty to the ministry you received when you were in real touch with Him. This does not imply that there is a campaign of service marked out for you, but it does mean that you will have to ignore the demands for service along other lines.
In simpler language, what he is saying is that, though we are all called, we are NOT to be moved by the need we see, but by the individual call we have from Him! You have heard me say before that true prosperity is being where God wants you to be, doing what God wants you to do. If we open our eyes, there are needs everywhere we look! One person cannot meet all of those needs, BUT, the Body of Christ, with each "member" doing their own individual part, WILL be able to meet them! AMEN! AS we saw yesterday and today in reading in Exodus, God Himself called and anointed Bezalel to do the building of specific parts of the Tabernacle. Many workers were doing their part, but HE was specifically directed to do HIS part! It is only through intimate fellowship with the One, True, Most High, Living, Almighty God of the Bible that we will find what WE are called, and anointed, to do! What about the needs we see? Prayer is the first and most important step! Pray for laborers to do what needs to be done, and be available in case He sends YOU! AMEN! We will NOT be rewarded in Heaven for doing every good thing that we see, BUT, for doing what He called US to do! How do I know that? Look at what Jesus said to Peter in John 21:20-22:
20 But Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved, following—the one who also had leaned back on His breast at the supper and had said, Lord, who is it that is going to betray You? 21 When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, Lord, what about this man? 22 Jesus said to him, If I want him to stay (survive, live) until I come, what is that to you? [What concern is it of yours?] You follow Me!
"What concern is it of yours?" could also be, in our modern language: "Mind your own business!" So, let's mind our own business, as we are about our Father's business, and we WILL hear "Well Done!" Here is Hillsong with "Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)":
Shalom in Him!
