It pleased the Lord to gather his eagles this year for another time of refreshment in His presence. As we commenced fully the service of the camp, we were reminded that our purpose of coming to camp is to hear the word of God that will transform our lives to meet up with the requirement of God for the lively expectation that is ahead of us –the rapture! Surely, God is interested in your character for the kingdom He is preparing for His own. The Bible enjoins those who have a lively hope to do everything decently and in order.
TEXT: 1Corinthians 11:27, 1Corinthians 14:33, Hebrew 12:18-19, 22-24, 1Corinthians 14:31, James 1:17, 1Corinthians 14:13, Philippian 1:17, Matthew 26:50, Romans 16:3, II Samuel 3:20, Leviticus 21:5, 2 Samuel 10:5
Our first sermon for the camp emphasizes on orderliness in the church; brethren it is imperative that we know that decency should be imbibed into all that we do: in ministering, in conduct, and in gifting; there shouldn’t be competition amongst us. We need to pray to God to make us useful in the right way, and that means that God should put whatever we want to do in order, so that we will not do them in vain.
The Bible says “wisdom is the principal thing”. So much as we appreciate every gift of God, we need the wisdom of God to be able to appropriately understand what God is saying. God has His servants (the fivefold ministry) in His church who are overseers of the church. Therefore, if you are a gifted person, be submissive enough to relate your vision, or dream to your pastor. He is the shepherd of the church, nothing should go forth or come in without his knowledge else, you are not in order. The gift of God in the church should not be without control because disorderliness can cause problem in a church.
More so, it is good to take stand with someone who takes stand with the truth (It is good to take stand with your pastor), but please, stand right! Take a right stand by him with good intention, and not for attention! Don’t be upfront because you want your pastor to fix you into a position! When you are taking side with the man of God, know that you are taking side with Jesus Christ. So, do it as unto the Lord, with good intention. Don’t be as Joab was to David (2Samuel 3:28-29)–when you’re standing by your pastor with a wrong motive, you are adding problem to him.
Don’t turn your opinion to a revelation from the Lord, if you do that, you are committing sin. It’s okay to give your opinion about a thing, but neither should you force it on people nor call it ‘thus saiths the Lord’.
A man’s maturity is tested in His orderliness. Knowledge is good, but it’s not enough without experience. Thus, the experience that God takes you through will breed you into being able to rightly use your knowledge or gift.
God bless you, brethren.