FAITH CAPSULE: Task is what matters the most not the title.
Acts 3
The church in the days of the apostle and the disciples of Jesus are completely different from the church of the apostles and disciples of today. The ones in the old days were carrying in their life, a task to be completed to the glory of God and not just a title. Most of the apostles and disciples of today are only carrying titles that do not carry enough weight for delivering the assignments before them. Are you positioning yourself for the Lord to ordain you as an apostle in His hand, or are you making yourself an apostle? There is a difference when God calls you and ordains you from, when man calls you and positions you. The point here is that task is what matters most and not the title. Today people are taking sickness and diseases from the church to the hospital, instead from hospital to the church for healing. What has become of the church today? When Peter and John encountered a certain lame man at the gate and not in the temple something happened, “And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple of which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple; who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms.”(Acts 3:2-3) Instead of the lame man getting what he asked for, he received a healing visitation to the glory of God because he encountered the apostles /disciples that were on a task not just answering to a title. Are you answering the title that the Lord did not ordain you to be? Answering to any title in the name of God and in the service for God is a great privilege. Also it is a great attainment to be called into the service of the Lord. However, if the Lord has not called on you to be ordained for what you are answering to, it can be a situation of giving great occasion to the enemies for blaspheming the name of the Lord. Did God call you what the world is calling you? If He has called you to be, the signs will follow and if He had not, ask Him for His divine visitation. As a result of healing manifestation in the life of the lame man at the gate, only God knows what could have become of the worship in the temple on that day. As there were miracles then, there are still miracles today that are having its way in rare places where there is no news coverage. It is time for us to seek God for a genuine relationship not a cheap relationship that is void of His presence. His presence is power.
Prayer for today: Ask the Lord God to send His light and His truth to lead you.