Open Heavens April 14th, 2008

BIBLE IN A YEAR: 2 Chro 4-6

ATTITUDE TO DIVINE TASKS

MEMORIZE: "And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said untome, so I speak" (John 12:50)

READ: Numbers 11:10-17

"And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone" (Numbers 11:17).

When the pressure of ministry was becoming too much for Moses, he cried to the One who sent him. And help came. A common mistake among bonafide ministers is that whenever they encounter problems concerning their ministerial assignments, they go to man.
Consulting earth for heaven-based assignments may keep help far from you. When a manager encounters difficulties in his official assignments, he reports to his superiors or employer for help. Why do we rather go to where there is no help? Another lesson here is that God uses challenges to gauge our level of dependence on Him. Do you know that if Moses had not cried to God about his challenge, God would not have sent him help? The work load would have crushed him. How dependent on the Holy Spirit are you?

In John 12:49-50, Jesus tells us one of His secrets to ministerial success. After being commissioned by God, He got stuck with the terms of reference given to Him. He would not say anything until His Father told Him what to say. He would heal no one except His Father had guided Him on whom He wants healed. He was always waiting on the Father. Why did Jesus not immediately swing into action after the wine finished at the marriage feast at Cana, especially after His mother made a case for the couple? It was because He was yet to hear from the Father, even when the need was obvious. Your level of success in ministry is a function of your degree of dependence on the Holy Spirit.

God is not only interested in assigning you to a task; He is even more interested in your completing it according to His set time. Many leaders have had problems with the timing of divine assignments. What Heaven wants done, is expected done according to the time allocated to it. Some people are just doing what they should have done several weeks, months, or even years before. When you fail in timing, it could affect the output of the work and Heaven’s reward. Sometimes, when there is delay in performance of a heavenly task, it is reassigned to someone else. Why? Every heavenly task given to you is an opportunity to be rewarded. What’s your attitude to divine tasks?

ACTIONPOINT
Running without waiting to hear from God is like joining a bus whose destination is unknown.