THE PASTOR, CHURCH PROGRAMME AND GOD’S PROGRAMME
PART ONE by Femi A. Falade
We need to pray first on this matter. From my experience with fellow ministers of the Gospel, I discovered that, matters that affect “men of God” are seen by the so-called “enemies of the men of God” as a sword to fight them but to “the unbroken and unmade men of God”, it is an insult on “the God that called them”. It is important to say that, both of them are not correct. So, we pray, God humble both parties so that we can understand what God is saying to us.
It takes a simply Heart to receive God’s word, it takes a children heart, its takes a receptive heart.
Dear men of God of the 21st century, is the daily, weekly, month and yearly programmes your programme, church programme or God’s programme? To answer this, you will need to define the Owner of the ministry in your care. It is Jesus’ ministry given to you to continue when He ascended on high, (Eph. 4:11-15). The ministry is for the equipping of the saints and to bring them into perfection unto the stature of the fullness of Christ not to make gain and to bring them to the structure of your ministry.
If the ministry operations is God’s given, who then should decide the programmes of the ministry? If the Lord, according to scriptures is the One who gave administration, why is your wisdom and strategic planning overshadowing Lord’s administrative setup? If your gifts are the Holy Ghost’s, why do you decide when and how to use it? If the manifestation of the Spirit is for the profit of all, why do you monopolize the benefits of the Spirit to yourself, your family and your church?, (1Cor. 12:4-7).
I raised this matter in my book, (about to be published), STEAM OF SPIRITUAL SERVICE and the word below is essential:
Many a time we say that the Holy Spirit hijacked the programme from us and stay beyond time, it is not true we are the one who have hijacked the programme from Him since we started and He takes back His programme and therefore, all the time we take doing our own is wasted and we delay our people unnecessarily.
Give Him the Programme Man of God! How did Solomon know the kind of sacrifice that he gave God that earned him life riches and wisdom? The answer is, by the help of the Spirit! Remember, Our God is a Spirit, it takes spiritual connection to have a touch with Him. (Extracted from “STEAM OF SPIRITUAL SERVICE” by Femi A. Falade).
….To be continued in part two
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