You Did Not Choose Me, But I Chose You And Appointed You That You Should Go And Bear Fruit….”
John 15:16
When God’s anointed King Saul feared that he might be slain by the uncircumcised people (1 Chronicles 10), he embraced death by falling on his own sword. All the men of Israel fled. No one came to give honour to the king chosen and anointed by God for them and they all left from there for fear of their life fell upon them.
The Philistines ridiculed and scoffed at the body of King Saul and glorified their idols by spreading this as good tidings.
At this time of disgrace, God stirred the hearts of the valiant men of Jabesh Gilead and they fearlessly rescued body of king Saul, respectfully buried it and also fasted for 7 days. What they did was an act of gratitude, honour and respect for what king Saul did when they were in trouble (1 Samuel 11).
Earlier also we see how in Judges 21, 400 virgins of Jabesh-Gilead were used to save the tribe of Benjamin from extinction.
In this generation, God has chosen us i.e. Army of Jesus and given us that anointing to wage a war against the enemy and break the bondage in which all the people of God have fallen into and rescue them like those valiant blessed men of the tribe of Jabesh Gilead.
We need to bring back the honour that God deserves.
God is not looking for a physical building but He wants to live in our hearts.
He doesn’t want customary worship but spiritful and truthful worship.
Lord Jesus Christ is our saviour and we need to preach Him not to earn a living out of this preaching.
We need to bury the self (desires, longings, aspirations, worldly honour and praise) and present ourselves to God i.e surrender the self-will and pray to the Holy Spirit to reign in us so that we will bear the fruits of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23)
God is earnestly waiting for us. We need to mediate for God’s chosen people, to have that passion and courage to declare His true being.
“Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.” (1 Corinthians 16:13)
Let us submit ourselves to Him and do what He is showing us to do. Resist the devil and he will flee from us. (James 4:7) Let us not be slack in doing the assigned work, negating our very self to the cross where Jesus bled for us and gave us this new life.
P R A Y E R : “Father God! We thank you for choosing us and calling us out of that gloom where we were in. Thank you for entrusting us this true ministry of Lord Jesus Christ whereby we can spread your word of love, forgiveness, authority, healing, harmony and true worship. Help us in doing what is right and fearlessly take this ministry to every human living on this earth.”