Dear
Folks,
I have been in ministry for a TINY BIT OF YEARS.
Smiles! And in my years I have been dazed at the level of commitment, passion,
knowledge driven zeal of many ministers and believers. I love it when I see a
man given to God. For me, we are saved to serve, not as full time ministers –
because how many pulpits can we really make from all the trees in the world?
We
are ultimately saved to give back to the kingdom. This is the ministry of every
believer. This is what we are called to – to be the Light of the World, to be
as salt influencing our world for Christ. By and by therefore our ministry is
supposed to be all about the Lord.
But I have seen a serious ploy by the devil that we all
must resist – it is the PURSUE OF FAME AND GLORIFICATION OF SELF. I have seen
many people crave for platforms, to the end that people may know they have
anointing – I hear folks say, ‘wan a gba’ (meaning dem go take, I will show
them). Apologies to those who don’t understand Yoruba. Self-aggrandizement,
Self-publicity is the order of the day. Men who drapes of the anointing with
their different shades of glory – smh!
Men who are encumbered with the evil holy trinity of man – me, myself
and I.
BUT MAN OF GOD, ARE YOU PURSUING YOUR INCREASE – ‘YOUR NAME’ OR THAT OF
JESUS CHRIST?
The outlook to ministry should be as John puts it when
He was told concerning the increase in the ministry of Christ, John said in
3:30, ‘HE MUST BECOME GREATER; I MUST BECOME LESS’ (NIV). This should be the
outlook of every minister of God. We seek the glory of Christ. He must be
projected higher than us. We must consciously seek to get out of the scene and
let Him have the preeminence. It should forever be about the increase of the
kingdom and not the increase of your name. He died for all – we didn’t die for
all. His blood saved, not ours. He wasn’t a martyr, He was the savior.
When Christ was walking and working on earth in the
days of His flesh He also had this disposition – ‘I AM NOT SEEKING GLORY FOR
MYSELF; BUT THERE IS ONE WHO SEEKS IT, AND HE IS THE JUDGE’ NIV John 8:50.
Jesus wasn’t seeking His glory, and dear folks you must not seek your glory.
Let God glorify you, as He wishes and pleases. Your task is to glorify Him –
He, and not you must take the glory, because He doesn’t share His glory with
any man.
Again Jesus said in John 7:18, words which I think will
suffice here, ‘HE WHO SPEAKS ON HIS OWN DOES SO TO GAIN HONOR FOR HIMSELF, BUT
HE WHO WORKS FOR THE HONOR OF THE ONE WHO SENT HIM IS A MAN OF TRUTH; THERE IS
NOTHING FALSE ABOUT HIM’. This simple statement again proves to us that there
are many people who do the work of ministry to gain honour for themselves. But
we know men of truth because they work for the honour of the God that sent
them.
Seek the honour of God. Glorify Christ in all that you
do. For He must continually increase and we must decrease.
Your Greatness is Assured!
FA
Fisayo Adeniyi
Pursuing Purpose...
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