The Calling and Your Pastor pt. 14

[ShalomAdonai]

May you receive more and more covenant grace and peace in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ the Anointed Savior!

"For as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of that body, though many, are one body, so also is Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. So the body is not one part but many. If the foot should say, 'Because I'm not a hand, I don't belong to the body,' despite this it still belongs to the body. And if the ear should say, 'Because I'm not an eye, I don't belong to the body,' despite this it still belongs to the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell? But now God has placed the parts, each one of them, in the body just as He wanted. And if they were all the same part, where would the body be? Now there are many parts, yet one body. So the eye cannot say to the hand, 'I don't need you!' nor again the head to the feet, 'I don't need you!' " (1 Corinthians 12:12-21). I want to emphasize verse 18. "God has set each one of the members in the body just as He pleased." Whatever God has called you to be, He is pleased for you to be that. Whatever God has called you to do, He is pleased for you to do that. Wherever God has called you to be, He is pleased for you to be there.

God's wisdom, understanding, and knowledge are perfect. He knows what is best for you and what is best for the entire body of Christ. That is why He made you the way He did and established a place - a church - just for you. You and the entire body benefit and are built up when you are where God has called you to be and doing what He has called you to do there. Just because you can do something, that doesn't mean you are called to do it. For example, at the church where we attend there are several positions that I could help out with, but I am not called to do those things. The place where God has called me to serve is praise and worship and the children's ministry. That is my place and the grace of God is upon me to do that. Find your place and you will step into your grace.

"Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell together in unity! It is like the precious oil on the head, that ran down on the beard, even Aaron's beard; that came down on the edge of his robes! It is like the dew of Mount Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion! For there the LORD has commanded the blessing, life forevermore" (Psalm 133:1-3). In verse 1, the oil is the anointing that flows from the Head of the church, Jesus, to every part of the body. This picture also applies to each individual church established by God, not by man. The anointing that is on your pastor will flow to everyone in the congregation provided that they are together and in unity - in agreement with God and in agreement with God's vision for that church.

I have included a link below to a service where a prophetic Word from the Lord was spoken about 2012. Watch it, hear, and receive what God is saying to you and calling you to. Agree with God's plan for you to have the best in every area of your life.

"What About 2012?" http://www.kcm.org/media/ondemand/53571/220949

Be courageous! Be strong! Do everything in love! Jesus is returning soon!

Go with God (Love), and God (Love) will show everyone that He is with you!