GOD DESIRES EVERY BELIEVER TO BE INVOLVED IN FULL-TIME MINISTRY

DAILY DEVOTIONAL – JUNE 25, 2020 Full-Time Ministry to Jesus By David Wilkerson (1931-2011)  God desires every believer to be involved in full-time ministry — but what is full-time ministry?  It doesn’t simply mean pastoring a church, traveling as an evangelist or going to a foreign land as a missionary.  Scripture says we are all called as priests unto the Lord; in the Lord’s eyes, full time ministry is ministry unto him. You won’t need human applause, a plan, an assignment, or involvement in some great work.  The only ministry that satisfies your soul is your prayer and worship to the Lord because you know that all ministry flows out of ministry to the Savior.  When you’ve given yourself completely to a single thing — ministering unto the Lord — then you're ready for what God sees as full-time ministry. In the coming days, passive, lukewarm believers will experience a searing of their conscience.  This won’t be a hardening against God; they’ll hold a form of godliness and believe they’re safe, but the time will come when they have no feeling whatsoever.  And, in turn, they’ll have no fear, shock or concern for eternity. They’ll stop growing in Christ and become easy targets for Satan. Paul describes what happens to those who refuse to grow up in Christ:  “Having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness” (Ephesians 4:18-19).  In short, such people become casual about the things of God and ignore all calls to wake up and seek him. I urge every young believer: if you’ve grown lukewarm and apathetic toward Jesus, wake up!  Don’t let the fire of the Holy Spirit go out of your life.  Seek the Lord and become a full-time minister unto him, pursuing him with all your heart.  In so doing, you’ll have the power of Christ to face the days ahead with confidence and peace. Read OnlineDownload PDFForward to a Friend

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