Ministry is stressless when done as an overflow of fellowship with God. To be effective ministers, we must first of all receive insights and revelations from God and His Word which we can serve to those we minister to.
God instructed Ezekiel to first ‘eat His word’ before proceeding to proclaim it to others.
“Moreover He said to me, “Son of man, eat what you find; eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.” Ezekiel 3:1 NKJV
So if you are experiencing too much stress ministering to people, it is possible that your spiritual reserve is low; you need to fuel up.
Get back to the place of fellowship; get back to praying and reading your bible, then you will minister effortlessly as you draw from God.
Grace is in aboundance in the place of fellowship…
If we only keep saying
; ‘this too shall pass’, ‘I know that God is faithful, ‘it is well’ etc..
While these sound good, notice that these phrases/sentences do NOT speak DIRECTLY to any mountain (selah).
The word ‘strive’ is not one of my favourites, because it means to put in great effort towards obtaining or achieving something. However in Matthew 6:33, Jesus admonishes us as His followers to strive after God and righteousness, and indeed to prioritize this ‘striving’ above any other.
God wants you to live the best life- A beautiful life with Food, Water, Comfort, Luxury, health and always being refreshed by His Word and Spirit.The devil stole this life from Adam, but God restored it in Christ Jesus.Go for everything God has already provided for you in Christ Jesus
Join me in this Study series to learn more about Authority, Its Use and Benefits.
Authorities are established by God. Authorities are established as leadership structures to coordinate people, guide them to do what’s right, and to maintain orderliness.
And God established authorities to do man good.
Jesus was a person of Authority, and He exercised His Authority to teach people to do right, to liberate people and help them enjoy freedom, to help people follow God’s order for doing things.
As a person in position of Authority understanding the Purpose of Authority ensures its rightly Used.
As a person Under Authority, understanding the Benefits of Authority will help you maximize it.
God wants us submitted to the Authorities He established.
Jesus Examplifies the 2 Drivers of Humility from Philippians 2:5-11
“Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.” Philippians 2:5-8 NKJV
-God the Son existed in the beginning as the second person of deity (John 1:1) -He was the Word through which all things were created (John 1:3). -However, in order to redeem man, the Son of God became man- took the form of man (John 1:14, Colossians 2:9), found in appearance as man (Philippians 2:8) -Even though Jesus was born with flesh and blood, He was intrinsically God. God bypassed the sinful human nature in Jesus by virtue of His birth to a virgin (Matthew 1:18-25).
-Philippians 2:5-11 clearly tells us that Jesus Layed Aside His Godly rights, took the form of a man in order to save man. He did that to meet the Father’s requirement for man’s redemption.
He submitted to God to the point of death.
-He ran His earthly ministry not as God but as a Man anointed with the Holy Ghost (Acts 10:38).
-He identified as Man. He was tempted just as we are, yet He did not sin (Hebrews 4:15).
Likewise us: We are born of God. We have the nature of God. However to stay humble before God, we must submit totally to God and His Word And we must not think ourselves higher than other people- we identify as men as well. This by no means doesn’t mean we don’t know who we are or what we are made of. We are Born of God! I am proudly Born of God! ?
And just like Jesus, we too though having the form of man boldly witness of Christ and do Kingdom exploits by the power of the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:8).
And we can live victoriously by faith in Christ, helped by the Holy Spirit.
