Assistant : What is your part?
- 25
- Sep
- 2014
In last week’s article we greatly emphasized the dependence of God and indeed, it is essential to our life so that we may be fully guided by Him.
When we do the Work of God we cannot do it with the strength of our own arms because if so, our work will be in vain. These are not my words, but it is written: ” Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it…”
However, it is important to make it clear that if we stand back with our arms crossed waiting for the right time to act, or lean on the idea that we are dependent on God and He will do everything, then our surrender will be sluggish and expressionless. We cannot forget that God only does His part when we do ours first!
Therefore, what is your part?
It is to play the field.
It is to go up to people even if they do not come to you.
It is not to wait only for the pastor to counsel the people for the first time.
It is to be your Pastor’s assistant when it comes to counseling the people.
It is to pay attention to each person that surrenders to God.
It is to observe the state of each person.
I will be very sincere with you: if there isn’t a fire burning inside of you, then it is because you are already living in a lukewarm state. Let’s face it, my companions of war, if you are the kind of assistant that doesn’t give your all for the people, then you are literally distant from God. Remember that the people represent God and that if you have no interest in saving the lives that are lost, then we can conclude that you are an assistant that only wears the uniform and holds the title.
You might say, which I’ve already heard people say, that these articles for the assistants are very strong: “Oh Luisa, these words do not edify me.” They do not edify you because deep, deep down what you want to hear is something that will keep you in your comfort zone. That is not what God wants for you, instead He wants the flame of the first love to be burning inside of you, with your thoughts on doing damage to the works of hell.
Let’s roll up our sleeves and use our intelligent Faith. What do you say? Will you be the kind of assistant that is going to do their part before God?
Leave your comment. It will be my pleasure to read them.
Precious
17th October 2014 at 19:41
I truly agree with you Mrs.Luisa.It was once said that the level of our spiritual life is measured by the way we regard or serve the sheep(souls).Thank you for the message!Assistants lets roll up our sleeves and do our part and God will do His.!
Precious
17th October 2014 at 19:40
I truly agree with you Mrs.Luisa.It was once said that the level of our spiritual life is measured by the way we regard or serve the sheep(souls).Thank you for the message!
Ada
16th October 2014 at 21:57
For me this is strong, I understood that I must keep the fire burning inside of me, it cant just even be a flame anymore, there must be a furnace inside of me. The tendency is that before we are called we fight like our life depended on it, we give so much, we sacrifice, we serve and so on. But after the blessing for some reason things naturally die down, its like the momentum ceases. But for me, I want everyday that I serve God to be like the first because that way the zeal for Him remains, the excitement for His work and His name remains; and I don’t mean that emotional type of excitement but the one that allows you to serve Him with so much joy and energy, that’s what I want to have and I don’t want to care what others are doing because one day it will be me standing before His presence giving Him an account of what I did. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Memory Moyo
16th October 2014 at 21:21
This soo true Mam Bishop, after being an Assistant for almost 4 years with challenges around me i started to give excuses that my life does not have fruits, so I stopped to evangelise and to counsel people inside the church I became full of excuses and yes gradually i became weak spiritually and lukewarm! When you are like that believe me God cannot use you because i was now as Assistant by title! But I thank God for his mercy i managed to come to life again!
VENETIA
16th October 2014 at 19:01
This is a wake up call.reads this is has made me what to do more, I have realise that the fire inside of me need to be be heated more so I make sure that
I will always do my part as an assistant , keep my fire burning ,always to pay attention to each person, to go up to people even if they do not come to me, always to do my part first before God for GOD to do his. also the most most important thing for me is to make sure my relationship with God is so strong
THANKS
Sherrica Allen
15th October 2014 at 21:49
I agree with what was said , its for us to do and not to wait on the pastors to tell us always .It is for us to play the field.
It is to go up to people even if they do not come to you.
It is not to wait only for the pastor to counsel the people for the first time.
It is to be your Pastor’s assistant when it comes to counseling the people.
It is to pay attention to each person that surrenders to God.
It is to observe the state of each person. i will share this with my fellow assistants.