Thoughts for another day

February 19, 2007

Today's verse: Lk. 8:39. Return to thine own house, and show how great things God hath done unto thee. (KJV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

I believe many of you reading this have an unction of spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the many. Many also may be anointed to have Ministries to do great things for God. The question is how do we begin?

We know that God alone can start a good thing in us and it is only by Him that the thing can last. Jesus says, ‘Every plant that My Heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.’ So all work of the kingdom must begin of God Almighty and be sustained by Him. When God plants the seed of your Ministry in your heart, what is to be seen is how fertile your soil is. Many people deeply feel inside that they are called to Ministry. However, their response is zero. Their excuse is, I don’t know how to begin. I know it is difficult to preach the Gospel in today’s context. But still, the least we can do is pray. Pray that souls be saved. That is surely a sign of our positive and ‘being ready’ response. We must do what God has put in our plate at the moment and be content in it believing that at the right time, He will open the larger thing He has carved, as our mission.

In the context of today’s verse, there is this man, touched by Christ who wants to be with Him even begging Him. But Jesus asks him to go home and there tell others what God did for Him! Now why would Jesus not allow ‘so ready’ a man to be with Him? There must have been a reason, no?

We do not know ‘us’ as well as the Lord does. Therefore, we think one thing and then go do something contrary. We may have not even thought of it that way and so we are surprised at our own actions; and thus get frustrated. God however, knows us so well that He will only give us that, which will keep us happy in our lives each moment. We must do the little things we can in the situation we are, to promote the Gospel. Each small thing we do, is written in the ‘Book of Life’ and is counted as a merit to us. Persist in them till the Father, pleased with that little, opens the larger door!