THINGS THAT MAKE MINISTERS: WAITING ON YOUR MINISTRY

pmugagga (46)in #phaneroo • 7 years ago

PHANEROO~DEVOTION

26th December 2017

Apostle Grace Lubega

Romans 12:6-8 (KJV), Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

There is a difference between ministry and service. By service, the gift in you can teach, prophesy and exhort, but as pertaining the transition from gifted to the minister, it is important that you learn to wait upon your ministry. What does it mean to wait upon your ministry? It is to yield to God and allow him to teach and lead you into the patterns and principles of ministry.

The result is that whatever works through you (be it teaching or prophecy), has a very clear grain of what must be imparted in the hearts of men as 'rhema'. You carry the approval of God in spirit. In this way, you multiply grace to your hearers.

Multiplying grace means that what is upon your life can be seen working in the lives of those to whom you minister. When no man around you can do what you can do, you are not a minister, you are just a gifted Christian. Wait on the Lord!!!

FURTHER STUDY: Isaiah 40:31, 1 John 2:27

GOLDEN NUGGET: There is a difference between ministry and service. By service, the gift in you can teach, prophesy and exhort, but as pertaining the transition from gifted to the minister, it is important that you learn to wait upon your ministry.

PRAYER: Father, I am grateful for your Word. I am instructed in the pattern by which men minister in the fullness of their ministration. By this overflow in my spirit, grace is multiplied in those to whom I minister. They walk and demonstrate the things I teach and do. To the glory of your name. Amen.