Give It All It Takes

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And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.  Colossians 4 vs 17

Ministry is God working through man; it’s not man working apart from God neither is it God working apart from man. It is very important therefore to know that the strength and character of God seen in a man is not solely the responsibility of God but the responsibility of God and man. To this end, Paul wrote to Archippus a direct instruction which is worthy of note. That instruction is our opening scripture.

Looking at the instruction, we need to break it into three:

Take heed to the ministry
The ministry that you have received in the Lord
That you may fulfil it.

Ministry doesn’t fulfil itself, it is fulfilled by man. Every man walking the path of the accomplishment of God’s assignment is expected to be responsible and accountable to God for all that He has received from Him. Apostle Paul said to Archippus to get into the assignment God has given him because he had been enabled by God to minister according to the New Testament (2 Corinthians 3 vs 5-6) thus the problem of ability had been solved by God for him.

Let me say this. As a minister, you have the ability of God in you so respond to it and fulfil your assignment.
Paul in that same instruction told him how to fulfil the assignment. He told Archippus to ‘take heed’.
To take heed means to look and pay attention to the ministry. In other words, he was to refuse distractions and focus on God’s work for him. As a minister, one of the distractions you can have is to be carried away by another person’s work. Whatever has not been given to you by the Lord is not your business. That was why Apostle Paul clearly pointed out to Archippus that the ministry he was to pay attention to was the one he received, not the one another person received.

Fellow minister, what have you received? Stay with it. If you have received a teaching or a prophetic ministry, stay with it. If all you have received is an itinerary ministry and not a pastoral ministry, stay with it. If you have received the ministry of an associate, stay with it. Nobody is inferior in his field; a fish may be weak outside water but it a genius in water. The king in you has a jurisdiction and that is your calling. If you are not sure about where you belong then pray to God to direct you and He will surely do.

Lastly I want you to know that when you give it all it takes, you will take all it gives!

Shalom!

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