Knelt down by my bedside and prayed;

‘Father, I have been working very hard for you; sharing your word,  bringing counsel and hope to so many. And now,  faithful father, bless me in return. You said in your word that a laborer is worthy of his wages, You said it Father, so fulfill your word. Pay me for my labors of love. I pray in Jesus name, Amen.’

 

That’s it! I thought to myself as I got up from praying and dressed up for work. Great expectations filled my heart most of that day….

But as days passed and nothing happened,…. no alert on my phone neither did I receive a confirmation email from my bank of a credit transaction on my account, my countenance began to change…

So I decided that one kneeling at the bedside was just enough, ……I will  not go down on my knees to say that prayer a second time!! naaaa.

So instead of kneeling down, I chose to mutter my prayers under my breath. I reminded Him of my request o’er the past few days for which He’s yet to give a response…But still no response.

As my expectations almost turned into desperation, I could hear Him laughing……I wondered why He’d be laughing at such a serious issue (I was getting somewhat annoyed at this point).

I listened day after day for a response.

Then one day, I heard Him ask; ‘do you get paid for working in your father’s house? Are you not an heir to your father’s inheritance?

I was completely disarmed!!

‘No please father, pay me, please don’t talk about working in my Father’s house or inheritance’, I cried……. Just pay me Father.

But instead of responding, He brought to my remembrance Jesus’ answer to His parents in Luke 2:49

“Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s Business? ”

It dawned on me in that moment; ……….Its my Father’s Business!

And like Jesus said in Luke 4:18;

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captive and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed”

This is Kingdom Business. And all that my father has is mine. I am an heir of the kingdom.

C’mon brethren, get busy with the Kingdom Business, and do that with an ownership mindset and attitude!….

 

Except otherwise stated, all Bible quotations are from the New King James Version ( NKJV).