- Bishop David Abioye at CHoP
In this same church I have served as a singer, an usher and then children’s church
Heavenly Father we thank you this morning, indeed this is a day you have made, we shall rejoice and be glad in it. Thank you for waking us up this morning, thank you for the great plans you have for us. Thank you because appearing in your presence has made all our challenges to disappear. We start the day with your Word and we know we will end it with testimony. We start the day with light, we know we will end it with brightness, in Jesus name we pray.
Our focus of exhortation for this week in our Covenant Hour of Prayer has been: SERVING GOD IS EVERY BELIEVER’S COVENANT RESPONSIBILITY.
Job 36:11
Serving God changes you from adversity to prosperity. Serving God takes away pressure from you and replaces it with pleasure. Church Gist. Every one who serves God is entitled to prosperity and to pleasure.
Who is a Servant of God? There are certain Words you don’t need a dictionary to interpret or define. A servant is simply one who is serving. Just as a footballer is one who is footballing, a drummer is one who is drumming, a singer is also one who is singing. You don’t need title to sing, play football or drum in the same way you don’t need title to serve. Church Gist. A servant of God is one who is taking pleasure in serving God.
In the Kingdom there are benefits to enjoy and services to render. The reason why many people are not maximizing the blessings of salvation is because they focus only on benefits to claim and forget about services to render. Salvation will entitle you to inheritance but service will entitle you to rewards. Church Gist. All children in a family are entitled to inheritance but serving children are entitled additionally to rewards. That is why there are certain people who don’t need to tell God anything before He does it for them because they have accepted responsibility. What gives you a place in a family setting no matter your position, is your sense of responsibility.
Our responsibility towards the Kingdom in serving God is what makes us star children.
We must come to a point of understanding that you don’t have to be a pastor to serve God. If you check all through scriptures most men that stand out for serving God were not connected to ministry in terms of titles. Church Gist. Abraham was just a business emperor and so you don’t have a need for title to serve God.
Joshua 24:15
Serving God is a decision you have to make, you don’t need any one’s permission to serve God. I will not wait for title to serve God, title often ties people down. Stop waiting for someone to assign you, there is so much to do around you: in the field reaching out to soul, on your knees praying. Church Gist. There are so much opportunities to serve God, don’t wait for a title, don’t wait to be called a pastor. When Jesus was here, they were not giving Him any title. Don’t let title tie you down.
Luke 14:21-23
A servant is one who is running errands for the Lord. We are to run errands for the Lord without asking any questions.
Psalms 89:20
If you are a servant God will find you wherever you are. While children are praying for blessings, God is looking for servants to bless. The most outstanding people in scripture were regarded by God as servants. David utilized his throne to serve.
Psalms 119:46
Are you a Managing Director, take advantage of that position to serve. Tell your workers that there is something happening in Church, they should follow you there. Take advantage of your position. Anything you are doing is just a good position for you to serve. David did not celebrate his kingship, he promoted his servanthood.
Finally this morning, you are not wasting time serving the Lord, it is a covenant platform for your supernatural breakthrough. Peter used his useless boat to serve and God turned it into usefulness. Church Gist. They call you useless, tell Jesus you are giving him your useless life and when you are done rendering service with your useless life it will become useful. They call you sickly, use your sickness to serve God. Luke 5:1-8
You are not wasting time, you are raising your horizon serving God.
Tell God this morning: “ Take every thing about me and use it to serve You. I am ready Lord use me, I can not be useless in your house”.
In Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
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CHoP is an acronym for Covenant Hour of Prayer
