‘Every believer is a saint and every saint
is a minister’ is a quote that should serve as a fuel in every believer’s life.
As believers in Christ we all have something to fulfill in the Body of Christ
irrespective of age, sex and location. God created us all for a purpose. Christ
Jesus has made us His dwelling place thus sanctifying us and making us worthy
to be used for the glory of the Father. The Holy Spirit instructs us on what
has been freely bestowed unto on by the Father. The Holy Spirit instructs us on
what has been freely bestowed unto us by the Father in Christ Jesus. He doesn’t
live in us so that we can be quiet and shy away from preaching the gospel or so
that we can live for ourselves. What about those in our families and
neighborhoods who are oppressed by lies they have believed about God, what
about people who have never heard about God and His love for mankind. There are
countless thousands out there some in other religious circles which do not
glorify God while others simply don’t know what to believe. They are each
waiting for an opportunity to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ. If you must walk
in God’s purpose you must walk in His calling and His calling is in His Son
Christ Jesus. Remember God chose you from the foundation of the world, He
initiated it and He did everything and called us to walk in all that He has done.
There are some things we ought to be conscious of in order to walk in the
purpose of God for our lives, they are as follows;
Focus on what God has
told you to do and follow the leadership of the Holy Spirit. As much as we all have been foreordained by God to be in Christ,
there is something we are specifically called to fulfill in the Body of Christ.
Before you can say you have some purpose to fulfill, there must be something
you are convinced and confident God has revealed by his Spirit to your inner
man. Whatever God has told you, write it down in your notebook, pray for
direction and a better understanding of what God has revealed to you. It will
be a progressive and successive revelation and every step He leads you to take
has a new assignment to go on. It is important to note that the primary purpose
of every believer is to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, we need to make it
known to every man on the earth that salvation is in Christ Jesus who is our
Lord and savior, it is free and forever. It is the role of the Holy Spirit to
teach, counsel, instruct and reveal Christ in every regard and so we have to
submit ourselves wholly to his leadership and no matter what happens we have to
know it is all working for our good. We easily let ourselves believe that what
others are doing is far better than what we’ve been called to do. No way, there
is never a lost cause with God, don’t go with the crowd, focus on Christ who is
the Author and Finisher of your faith and He will fulfill the will of the
Father in and through you.
Give yourself wholly
to what you are called to do: To walk in the purpose of
God for your life, you need to be diligent in whatever you’re called to do. Be committed,
give yourself to Bible study, buy study materials from the ministers of the
Gospel you follow especially the one ministering daily over your life. Be prayerful; submit yourself to be taught as
well as give room for the Holy Spirit to minister to your inner man. The more
you meditate and acknowledge what God has done for you in His Son Christ Jesus,
the more you are enlightened on His wondrous works and how totally included you
are in all that the Father has done in Christ Jesus. The more you meditate and
acknowledge what God has done for you in His Son Christ Jesus, the more your
spirit is enlightened to the realities of what God has made you in Christ. It’s
a privilege to be called by God and it is more than an honor to communicate His
mind and intentions to another person. Never say to yourself, nobody gives heed
or nobody cares; you are called to preach and the Holy Spirit will convict them.
Always spend time in fellowship and the person and finished works of Christ
will be seen in and through you. Well, it’s only sensible to assert that when
attuned to the right network, results are evident.
Don’t forget that
it’s not about you but God. A lot of believers make the
mistake of thinking that because God has used them at one point in time to
minister to someone, the gifts and ability comes from them. Well, this may
sound a little too blunt to you but those people have not had a genuine
encounter with the risen Christ (no offence). Christ Jesus is our one and only
life (Colossians 3:3-4, Galatians 2:20). You cannot point people to Christ when
you haven’t acknowledged Him as your one and only life. You can never desire
vain glory which comes from human approval of what you’re doing when you let
Christ live His life through you. Jesus in His earthly ministry, as young as He
was knew that He was sent to do the Father’s will (Luke 2:41-49). His focus was
on the mission He came to fulfill. He spoke of the Father and Him receiving all
the glory (Luke 4:43-44). The Apostle Paul too refused at any given
point in time to make himself seen except for the Gospel revealed to him by our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. You are not called because of anything you did or
didn’t do, we are qualified because of what Christ did for us. There is nothing
we can do for God to qualify us for anything except in Christ Jesus and that is
why strength to do ministry comes from the Spirit of Christ within us. God
delightfully foreordained us to be live in His Son Jesus Christ and He has set
us apart for His own purpose.
When we talk of purpose, it has a lot to do
with service which can be defined as committing yourself to Christ within for
the benefit of others. The purpose of God is not only about you getting saved but
serving as well. You serve by telling others about the love of God revealed in
the person and finished works of Christ. Remember that what God requires of you
is not what He requires of another person and so stay focused on what the Holy
Spirit is leading you to do. And so the fulfillment of God’s purpose is deliberate; it
requires determination, efforts and a whole lot of willingness on our parts. Take
note that this does not mean Jesus did not finish His work, no, it only means
living a life of surrender for God to have His way. This is because God speaks
to everyone but quite a few have given heed to it. Some claim it’s not from God
while others claim they have other things more worthy to do. What can be more
worthy than living for Christ? He is the life in us and thus doing the will of
God can never be burdensome if we let Him live through us. To know and walk in
God’s purpose for your life, check your convictions, persuasions and pursuits
and you will realize that the Spirit has been leading you to something
particular. There is a great task to be done in reaching the world with the
Gospel of Jesus Christ and God has entrusted us with the task of co laboring
with Christ in the ministry of reconciliation.
You're Blessed!!!
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