When God gives you a vision
Habakkuk 2:2-3 explains and says when God gives you a vision put it down plainly in writings that he who runs may swiftly read it because the revelations await an appointed time; it speaks, hurries toward the end and will not prove false. I believe in possibilities in the name of Jesus. He is able to do anything to his people. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won’t delay. My prayer is for you to receive what he has in store for you and also for you to reach your destiny that is of his purpose. God who holds my destiny, the name is like a propeller that carries me through the storms. When I was going through several challenges in life, and facing some hard times, each time I remember His name, promises and his visions, they kept me going. I believe in prayers, it is the key to the best relationship with God. You will never know who you are until you start listening to yourself, spend time with God and read his word. The first is to accept who you are and take steps of faith. You will then know your call or God's purpose in your life when you do something and it brings fulfilment in your life.
My greatest passion is to do as He tells me, follow His vision and share the truth of His word and witness people’s lives change and come to fulfilment by grace through the understanding of His word. My desire is to help people to know Jesus and accept him as their personal saviour, because he is the way, the truth, and the life. No one goes to the father except through him. The Lord said to me “you cannot serve me with your human reasoning; you have to serve me like a little child.” One of the best things I am learning now is to be closer to God than ever and to be myself irrespective of the forces around, having more positive attitude and looking at things in more positive ways. In James 4:8 the bible says draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. The bible says when we acknowledge God in our ways he will direct our paths. It is written in Isaiah 48:17, Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. The best way is to draw ourselves to God, go on our knees in prayers and seek his face and humble ourselves before him he will forgive our sins and heal our land, protect our families, deliver our cities, and nations and take them over for Himself.
Beloved, we just have to trust God and He will do the rest. I pray that the Lord's will be fulfilled in your life, and may He open great and effective doors for you, and direct your ways towards your destiny. Amen.
Apostle Stephanie.
'Because a door of great opportunity stands wide open for me (you), but there are many opponents' 1Cor 16:9. But the Lord God Almighty said ‘I know your deeds. (Look! I have put in front of you an open door that no one can shut.) I know that you have little strength, but you have obeyed my word and have not denied my name'. Rev 3:8. 'God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a human being, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it happen? Num 23:19. 'The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:' Isa 14:24. Amen.
May the Lord bless you and keep you. May He make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you. May He lift up his countenance upon you, and give you rest and peace all round. The Lord is faithful and surely as He has covenanted, so shall He come to pass for us accordingly. We will surely feel His presence in all things by the demonstration of His power as we stay focus in Him through HIS WORD. Whatever God says must come to pass. His Word issues forth as a fountain from a heart of unlimited love, guided by wisdom beyond human understanding, and brought into ‘being’ through eternal and unyielding faith. All power in the universe is behind and within the Word spoken by God. His Word is everlasting and absolutely perfect. What He says will undoubtedly come to pass. It’s only a time factor. God is love and He never fails! May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the harmony of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
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Has God called you to ministry? Though all Christians are called to serve the cause of Christ, God calls certain persons to serve the Church in the five-fold ministries offices and other ministering service areas. Writing to young Timothy, the Apostle Paul confirmed that if a man aspires to be a pastor, "it is a fine work he aspires to do." I Timothy 3:1, NASB Likewise, it is a high honour to be called of God into the ministry of the Church. How do you know if God is calling you? First, there is an inward call. Through His Spirit, God speaks to those persons He has called to serve as ministers of His Church. This can be described as an inward call as "God's voice heard by faith." Those whom God has called know this call by a sense of leading, purpose, and growing commitment. The first sign of God's call to the ministry can also be identified as "an intense, all-absorbing desire for the work." Those called by God sense a growing compulsion to preach and teach the Word, and to minister to the people of God. This sense of compulsion should prompt the believer to consider whether God may be calling him to the ministry. Has God gifted you with the fervent desire to preach? Has He equipped you with the gifts necessary for ministry? Do you love God's Word and feel called to teach? Spurgeon warned those who sought his counsel not to preach if they could help it. "But," Spurgeon continued, "if he cannot help it, and he must preach or die, then he is the man." That sense of urgent commission is one of the central marks of an authentic call. Second, there is the external call; a believe that God uses the congregation to "call out the called" to ministry. The congregation must evaluate and affirm the calling and gifts of the believer who feels called to the ministry. As a family of faith, the congregation should recognize and celebrate the gifts of ministry given to its members, and take responsibility to encourage those whom God has called to respond to that call with joy and submission. These days, many persons think of careers rather than callings. The biblical challenge to "consider your call" should be extended from the call to salvation to the call to the ministry. None but God who made the world can make a Minister of the Gospel. Only Him can call a true minister, and only He can grant the minister the gifts necessary for service. But the great promise of Scripture is that God does call ministers, and presents these servants as gifts to the Church. One key issue here is a common misunderstanding about the will of God. Some models of evangelical piety imply that God's will is something difficult for us to accept. We sometimes confuse this further by talking about "surrendering" to the will of God. As Paul makes clear in Romans 12:2, the will of God is good, worthy of eager acceptance, and perfect. Those called by God to preach will be given a desire to preach as well as the gifts of preaching. Beyond this, the God-called preacher will feel the same compulsion as the great Apostle, who said, "Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!" 1 Corinthians 9:16, ESV Consider your calling. Do you sense that God is calling you to ministry, whether into any of the five-fold offices or another service areas of the Church? Do you burn with a compulsion to proclaim the Word, share the Gospel, and care for God's flock? Has this call been confirmed and encouraged by those Christians who know you best? If not you may need to move ahead prayerfully, seeking God’s direction, following it and getting fulfilment doing what you are called out to be. God still calls... has He called you? Shalom! |