1. Go Ye – A posture of going forth by all of the Church to all of the host community, nation, region and nations of the world is necessary for fulfilment of the Great Commission. The Lord wants His Church to be a “go forth” organism”. The first Church at Jerusalem forgot the Great Commission, settled down in the city and relapsed into maintenance of welfare and related distractions from the main thing. Backsliding as in the case of Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5: 1-11 ); Bickering over food rations (Acts 6: 1- 4) resulted. The Lord had to use the fire of persecution to scatter them. In the process, Phillip who was only good enough to serve tables in Jerusalem was forced to enter Samaria and God used him to turn the city upside down (Acts 8: 1- 8). When the Apostles handed over administrative duties to deacons, the Great Commission revived Acts 6: 1-7. There is need today for Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers in the Kingdom to hand over administrative, financial and other support tasks of congregations to those gifted in Helps and concentrate on the main assignments of Prayer, Ministering the Word to equip saints for the work of ministry and spiritual oversight which is holding the vision in trust to ensure that those with other agendas do not have their way. In this regard, leaders must invest quality time in casting the vision and capacity building to prepare saints who will go for the Lord. For this to happen, leaders need to get off their easy chairs and comfort zones and begin to model right Kingdom attitudes, especially in the area of going forth from their localities to their cities, nations and uttermost parts of the world for missionary work. If leaders begin to live out missionary mindedness, the saints will follow. In the same vein, Apostles and Prophets anointed with wisdom, grace and capacity to break the ground in the Market Place and divide an inheritance for saints must shake of religiosity and engage therein. There is nothing secular about the market place! It is, as a matter of fact, the greatest frontier in the Great Commission! By Apostle George
Posted on: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:39:37 +0000
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