mails some days ago, I stumbled upon one particular unread mail from GotQuestion.org. The caption of the mail draws my attention because it was so captivating. My search for knowledge constrained me not to view it. The GotQuestion.org is a popular Christian site that through the help of God and wisdom has been able to give answers to numerous controversial questions in the Bible or that are related to Christianity. I have always glance through most of them without taking proper use of them, but this particular one that am about to share was my first ever mail post from the site that i took my time to read properly. I have gained alot from it you also can find something resourceful from their answers.Here is the question.**

Question: "What does it mean to be a man or woman of God?"

Answer: “Man of God” is the description given to a man that follows God in every way, who obeys His commands with joy, who does not live for the things of this life but for the things of eternity, who willingly serves his God in giving freely of all his resources yet gladly suffers as a consequence of his faith. Perhaps (Micah 6:8) sums up the man of God in one neat verse: “He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”

The man of God does not swindle or defraud his employer by turning up late for work or spending an hour on the internet during work hours; he doesn’t gossip or slander; he keeps his mind and heart pure by guarding his eyes and ears from the filth of the world; he is the spiritual leader of his family. He does everything opposite to what the world does or approves of; he goes "against the grain" of society because he knows these things displease God; he considers those who are "disadvantaged" or those rejected by society, those that are lonely or despairing; he is a listener to other people’s problems and does not judge.

A lot of Christian folk called that name 'Man of God ' do not realize how 'Huge' the name implies and the responsibility attached to it. God demands more than what we are doing in our very own capacity as men and women of God.

Many see it just as a 'tittle 'but it goes far beyond that, but it is a call of responsibility to everyone. Not just to fill a vacant position and control others but a call to serve others.

Most of all, the man of God understands that when our Lord commanded him to "be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect" (Matthew 5:48), he is only able to accomplish that because God enables him to be “holy and blameless in his sight” (Ephesians 1:4) through His power and the indwelling of His Spirit. On our own, we are incapable of holiness and perfection, but through Christ who strengthens us, we can "do all things" (Philippians 4:13). The man of God knows that his new nature is that of the righteousness of Christ which was exchanged for our sinful nature at the cross (2 Corinthians 5:17; Philippians 3:9). The final result is that he walks humbly with his God, knowing that he must rely solely upon Him to be able to live to the full and persevere to the end.

Many others too who are genuinely called by God,but are running from that particular name. You are not the one to do the work, we are only a channel through which God does his work. He has promised to perfect His strength in our weakness. God is our strength in time of needs.

Perhaps the Christian today is lacking in these qualities, but this is what simple religion is all about—the simple religion that is yet sufficient to please God: helping those in distress and keeping oneself from being polluted by the world (James 1:23). We can have an awareness of all biblical doctrines, we can know all the theological terms, we may be able to translate the Bible from the original Greek and so on, but the principle of (Micah 6:8) is the principle that the man of God must follow: act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God.

To be able to function well in the office that God has called everyone, some qualities is expected to be inbuilt in the life of such an individual. It is not by strength but through desiring and allowing the Holy Spirit and His word to sharp us with help us climb and crush even the very highest mountain that looks insurmountable in our lives. Jesus is our hope of eternal glory. Remain blessed. Thanks