Pastor E.A Adeboye, The General Overseer (RCCG)
Memorise:
But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit,
dividing to every man severally as he will.
1 Corinthians 12:11
Read: Numbers 16:8-14
8 And Moses said unto
Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:
9 Seemeth it but a
small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the
congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the
tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto
them?
10 And he hath
brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and
seek ye the priesthood also?
11 For which cause
both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: and what
is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
12 And Moses sent to
call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:
13 Is it a small
thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and
honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a
prince over us?
14 Moreover thou hast
not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us
inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men?
we will not come up.
Message
In Numbers 16, we read of a highly explosive rebellion that
rocked God's people in the wilderness. Some leaders were not satisfied with the
level of assignment God had apportioned to them. Instead of going through Moses
to God to ask if there could be an expansion of their job description, they
began to eye the priesthood. They wondered how God could give them so little an
assignment considering their zeal to serve Him. How could some other people be
chosen as the priests when they were there? At some point, they succeeded in
convincing 250 popular leaders, who were princes, to favour their cause. What
started like a joke had become a great revolt. In the end, the Lord Himself stepped
in and delivered judgement to all concerned.
From this story, we should learn to be content with whatever
God gives to us. God gives talents to every person according to their
abilities. The Holy Spirit is in charge of assigning job descriptions to the
children of God. 1 Corinthians 12:11 says:
"But all these
worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he
will."
He is in charge of God's vineyard, and so He is the One to
give you the portion you should work on. Also, He will give you the required
ability and the spiritual stamina to perform the assignment. Someone may say,
"I am still an ordinary altar minister, whereas by now I should have
become a zonal pastor." The Holy Spirit knows why you are where you are.
You can be sure that when you need to occupy a higher office
than where you are now, He will take you there. However, to move up the ladder
in God's Kingdom is not by acts of the flesh but by the will of the Spirit. You
are not permitted to seek higher office by scheming out your leader in order to
take his place. Some people do this and succeed in replacing their leader, but
they are completely outside of God's plan and out of their divine assignment.
They are no longer in God's employment; they now serve their own bellies at
best or the devil at worst. Any work done by such ecclesiastical rogues will
never attract any reward from Heaven, because the foundation of that service is
not the Holy Spirit. If they ever make it to Heaven, they will be told "You
worked for yourself and not for God, so go and reward yourself."
Key Point:
Many leaders are operating in God's permissive will, outside
of His perfect will. That God has not stopped you from following your
inordinate ambitions does not mean He approves or supports your actions.
Bible in one year:
Exodus 25-26; Romans 11:25-12:8
AUTHOR : Pst E. A ADEBOYE
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