-Pastor David Oyedepo Jnr at CHoP
The testimonies we have heard today are the doings of the Lord and it is marvelous in our eyes. Celebrate Him from the depth of your heart, He is worthy of all the praise and worthy of all the glory. Remember appreciation to God is application for more. As you thank him for what He has done, you are positioning for what He will do. Thank Him for answers to prayers.
Now ask the Lord to speak to you this morning. Ask Him to speak to you by His word. Let His Word transform you, let it turn you around in Jesus precious name.
Our exhortation for this week which we began looking at yesterday is titled
SERVING GOD IS EVERY BELIEVERS COVENANT RESPONSIBILITY
We began yesterday by recognizing that the servant of God is anyone that is serving the interest of God’s Kingdom on the earth. The person could be young or old, male or female, with or without a title.
It is the act of serving God and the interest of His Kingdom that makes a servant of God.
Romans 6:16
So it is compliance with God’s requirements, His commandments, His interests that makes a servant of God. It means serving God is not a gift, a calling nor a title, rather it is a choice.
Joshua 24:15
Serving God is a choice. Choose ye this day whom ye will serve. It is important that we are reminded from Scriptures that when it comes to our spiritual adventure, you are born a child, you grow a son but you are sent a servant. So according to Scriptures therefore what makes a servant is assignment. Until you are committed to assignment you are not a servant of God.
Exodus 2:22-23
God makes it very clear that the difference between a son and a servant is assignment. Very clearly from Scriptures it is not every child of God that ends up being a servant of God. It is whether that child of God has taken on the assignment of God, the agenda of God, is in pursuit of the Kingdom of God, that’s what determines if He is a servant of God or not.
It is no an accolade. ‘Oh that is a great servant of God’. It is not a title. It is only proved by whether or not you are serving God and the interest of His Kingdom.
My prayer is that for each one of us the grace to be registered as servants of God will come afresh upon each one in the name of Jesus.
Remember the Scriptures tell us that not only are we to start serving God but God’s expectation is that we stay serving God.
1st Corinthians 15:58
So we are expected to be going to work for the Lord. It is doing the work of God that makes you a servant of God.
I see grace coming for each one of us for this in Jesus name.
Therefore from all of this you can deduce that you don’t have to be a prophet to serve God. All you need to do is to make a choice to serve Him and the advancement of His Kingdom.
The Bible tells us in the Book of
Proverbs 14:28
Everyone that is a part of gathering the multitude is honouring the king.
What happens when you honour the King of Kings? In
1st Samuel 2:30
So in gathering the multitude we honour the King and in honouring the king we secure the honour of the king. God honours those who honour Him by drawing in the multitude.
That is why it is important for you and I to understand that in our engagement in the harvest field we are serving God and no man serves God for nothing. As you serve Him He decorates you in return.
1st Samuel 2:30
You don’t need to be a prophet, an evangelist, a teacher, a pastor. ‘Anyone that honours me I will honour’.
So it is not about the title that we have but the function that we carry out. Are you out on assignment for Him? Are you out in pursuit of Him? ‘He that honours me I will honour’. His title not withstanding.
Acts 10:34
It is all about your function. God does not respect persons but responds to functions.
Hebrews 11:6
So your diligent engagement is what will always provoke His response. God is a responder. God is a rewarder, it is not to your person but to your function. So as we function profitably God responds to us openly.
I see somebody here today experiencing that open response of God in the name of Jesus Christ.
Look at the example of a man named Job in Scriptures. Job was a renowned business leader.
Job 1:3
He was serving God and he served his way into greatness. In verse 8 and 9 God began to make boast of Job. ‘Have you considered my servant Job? That there is none like him in the earth, a perfect man, an upright man, one that fears God and shun evil’.
What satan was recognizing was that the service of Job had certain specific manifestations, blessings on every side, increases on every side, an edge of fence around him as a result of his commitment to serving God. A renowned business leader but yet a servant of God.
You may be a civil service worker but are you a servant of God? You may be an engineer but are you a servant of God? You may be an accountant but are you a servant of God? You may be a trader but are you a servant of God? The question is open and the answer is in our choice. The answer is not in your vocal response but in your choice. When you choose to carry out the function of a servant, you have registered before God as a servant.
Romans 6:15
Anytime you submit yourself to serving a function you have already registered as a servant. So it is all about the functions that we carry.
As we conclude this morning take note of this, you are not wasting your time serving the Lord. You are investing into your destiny. I’d like us to understand that by destiny every child of God is created for relevance.
Romans 8:19
So by destiny you are created to be relevant. You are not created to be religated but for your destiny to speak you must invest into it and how do you invest into it?
Galatians 6:7-9
So consistency of investment into the Spirit will always bring continuous access to harvest of returns. What God is showing to you and me therefore is this, every iota of time, energy, resources invested into the Spirit will surely come forth with returns. There is no man that buries a seed in the ground that will not expect something from the ground.
I want you to understand that even though the seed may be buried, something will still rise from it. As you invest your time, your energy, your resources in advancing the Kingdom of God I want you to rest being assured that supernatural harvest and return is coming your way and it will decorate every department of your life. The beauty of this is this, no matter how tiny a life may be, just be planted.
The greatness in you will rise as you invest yourself in advancing the Kingdom of God. I see that becoming somebody’s experience here.
Receive grace to stand by your choice to serve God without wavering, without shifting, without moving.
Trees don’t move, therefore planted destinies don’t shift ground. Pray for grace to remain consistent in your choice to serve God, to remain unmovable in your choice to serve God, to remain fervent in your choice to serve God.
As you have asked God for grace this morning, the grace will speak on your behalf in Jesus precious name.
Well another day is here, another opportunity in this brand new month.
SPEAK TO THE DAY
What you decree God will deliver, therefore begin to speak, you shall decree a thing and it shall be done unto you.
This day is a blessed day.
A day of testimonies.
A day of encounters.
A day of visitations in the name of Jesus.
Thank You Father in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
Don’t forget the three days specialised WOFBI session on securing miracle jobs this morning. Therefore all concerned make sure that you are here on time so that you can complete whatever registration process and get set. It will be a very explosive time in God’s presence.
Remember like it has been said over and again, it is not just for those who are seeking employment but if you are a contractor and you have not been contracting, you are a consultant and you have not been consulting then you need a divine visitation. I’d like each one of us to take advantage so that we can enter into the fullness of the turnaround reality that God has packaged for this year. No one will miss out in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Also as we have announced in the past we have the outreach officer for all those who are passionate about soul winning and want to use that opportunity to serve God, it is an opportunity that is available, you can visit the portal and the Lord will bless you in Jesus name.
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