Serving the House
I haven't posted anything in about month. It's just been an incredibly busy month, but that really is no excuse. God has been teaching me so much lately about so many things. It's different than before because I feel something burning so deeply in my spirit that something big is going to happen soon. Something bigger than all that I'm already involved in.
With everything the Lord has been teaching me, I definitely felt there was a missing component. This past Sunday, my pastor preached a message about serving in the house and that's when it hit me. That's one of the last if not the last part to what God has been teaching me.
There are a lot of things that I'm believing God for. With that, God has really been teaching me how to continually stand upon His Word despite circumstance or reality. His truth will always be truth even if what is currently manifested in my life is contrary to that.
Isaiah 55:11 "So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it."
So when God says in 3 John 2 that He wants me to prosper and be in health, no matter how sick my body is or how much it may hurt, His truth is contrary to which means I need to align my thinking, my believing, and my proclaiming to His Word.
What does this have to do with serving in the house? Everything! Jesus Himself came not to be served, but to serve those that He loves.
Matthew 20:28 "Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many."
There are some very startling facts about the church of America and really quite sad. Some people are very familiar with like 20% of the people carry the entire load of the house. Whether it in giving or service, only 20% of people are actually faithful in doing so. In any church in America, only 17% of the members are actually serving consistently every week. A study was done about Christians that who say they are faithful to their church. On average, the "faithful" Christian attends once a month.
Another study was done about tithing and giving. The study shows that if every member of a church, actual member, not someone just searching for a church, would tithe according to Biblical principles, the church would triple their income without having to add a single family to their membership. This allows them to do more with their vision and give more.
Although I have heard a lot of these statistics before, it really re-affirmed what the Lord has been teaching me these past few months.
Get back in the house. Stay in the house and get planted so you can grow under the man of God I have placed you under. Truly being faithful to where God has called me to go.
Pay tithe, sow first fruits, give alms and sow seed. Making sure I'm faithful in all my types of giving. With each of the types of giving, it opens my life to allow God to take me further.
Serving and loving others. I have been serving so much elsewhere that I have neglected my own house. This is where God needs me to be.
It's crucial that I serve in the house that God has called me to. There is nothing wrong with serving in other areas, but God's house should always come first. If you can volunteer with an organization, then why can't you serve the house?
That is the missing component to my life right now. Serving the house that God has planted me in. I know that as I do, the things I'm believing for will come to pass because Im'm seeking first the kingdom. (Matthew 6:33) I know this sounds like doing things to get, but it's not. It's God leading me into the life that He wants me to be living. Leading me into the calling that's upon my life.
God's kingdom is all about sowing and reaping. What you sow is what you are going to reap. We see this throughout the entire Bible. I never forget my Lord and Savior. The work of Jesus is what it's all about and that's what I will always preach, but if that's all I preached, then there is no growth in people.
I'm so excited to be growing and maturing in God. Just looking forward to truly living every day in plenty and being able to enjoy those days. The connecting piece is getting plugged in to my house of God so I can prosper and live in health.