I believe we all have something to do in building the kingdom of God.  Many people never step out in faith (using baby steps) to test the water.  The Scriptures shows us that we must follow the first step with another step thereby increasing our faith.  Most often though we wait for a word, a voice or something and get side tracked by a religious spirit.  Remember that the kingdom of God is best served when we serve others.  We all have been called to do something and when we do that that is when the excitement comes and more opportunities present themselves to do the work and a renewed energy supports that labor. You will find that you can’t do anything else.  Faith arises within your soul and the most menial task will blossom into life giving.  The Nobel Prize winning recipient Mother Teresa said many times, “God never called me to be a success; He called me to faithful.

Larry Randolph in his 2010 Holy Spirit Conference message The Coming Shift said, “Someone once said that the pay is the same in heaven.  I, too, believe Christians will be rewarded in the next life as a result of obedience and faithfulness to their calling, not because of their ministry status.  The presumption that we will be better compensated because of our position of influence in the hierarchy of the church is unsupported by Scripture (see Matthew 20:1-16).

Actually, those in hidden places, devoted to doing the simple work of the ministry will fare just as well as the great patriarchs of the faith.  Nursery workers, intercessors, businessmen, and others faithful to their callings will receive the same pay as apostles, prophets and other governmental ministries.  All will be compensated equally if they have been faithful to perform what they were called to do.  On the contrary, those who have labored in areas other than their primary calling might find their reward to be less than expected (see Luke 22:26-27).

The bottom line is that believers must align themselves with the opportunity best suited for their gifting.  I am also convinced that this alignment will completely alter our perspective of ministry and change our focus from us to Him.  Once we have made the vision shift we will see Christ lifted up as the focal point of end-time revival.”
 


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