God's Calling – Part 2

God is involved with every aspect of our lives. He cares about the little things.  He cares that we master the fundamentals. Not my will but Thine be done. It's not what you know, but rather who you know.  Lordship is wanting what He wants.  Delight thyself in the Lord and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart – Psalm 37:4. Never seek a ministry and never seek to be useful to God. Rather, seek God Himself and then He will work in you to will and to do of His good pleasure when your good pleasure is His good pleasure. Our desire is to hunger and thirst for His righteousness in the Spirit ... to seek His fervor for the Word of God and to do His will. I found thy words and I did eat them and they were unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart – Jeremiah 15:16.

Spiritual power cannot be separated from faith. The work of faith is energized by the power of the Holy Spirit when we walk according to His will. God has chosen men and women who are weak in this world so that His power can work within them ... thy power is made manifest in my weakness. The body of Christ is a family and not a business. Policy should never take precedence over caring for the flock of God, over which He has called you to be an overseer. A calling to minister cannot be fear based. Rather, it must be faith based and faith works by love. It's counterintuitive to call the poor men and women to pray, but this is exactly what God calls His people to do. We rely not on the riches of men and women, but on faith that God is faithful to provide ... not that we are sufficient in ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God. 

According to 2 Corinthians 5 20-21, God has called us to fulfill our calling to be an Ambassador for Christ. He has committed unto us the word of reconciliation and has given us the ministry of reconciliation. To reconcile is to bring back to God those who have been separated, beginning with our own minds. Therefore, we pray you in Christ's stead be ye reconciled to God. This is the fundamental message that He has called us to deliver and to master: For He who knew no sin became the perfect sin sacrifice on our behalf, that we may be made the righteousness of God in Him. In other words, our calling is this:  Give 'em heaven!

May God richly bless you,
Your brother in Christ, Michael