Apply
Wisdom to Your spiritual Calling
God can use anybody for His
purpose. Indeed the whole essence of our
creation is for His purpose and pleasure.
Many people are called to serve God full time by becoming full time Ministers or Pastors. Many are called to serve on part time by
concentrating upon their secular works and participating actively in spiritual
matters on part-time basis while they earn their living. Again, many people are called to serve God
through their secular activities such as
their career, talents, etc.
In all these situations, God does
not like lazy people. No one can hide
under the cloak of being called by God to serve Him on full-time basis and
therefore jettison their secular callings.
Eli was a full time Minister who failed in the home front. You can therefore not be so spiritual as to
abandon your secular responsibilities to your family, community and indeed, the
world at large. I marvel when I see especially
young people saying that God has called
them to serve Him on full time basis and who have in the process abandoned
their schools or careers or professions and stayed glued in the church. The end up becoming gossipers who will meddle
in the affairs of others. Why because in
their private lives, they are idle. They will see false visions. They will go from house to house soliciting
to pray for people. They will depend
upon unwary people to supply their
needs. Paul admonishes Christians to
beware of them. Hear him in 2 Thes.
3:11-12:
Yet we hear that some of you are
living idle lives, refusing to work and meddling in other people’s business. We
command such people and urge them in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to
settle down and work to earn their own living.
So if God
calls you to a full time ministry, apply wisdom, practice your profession on
part-time basis. If He calls you to a
part-time Ministry, then practise your profession full time. Either way, you must earn a living to feed
yourself and your family and give to your community what is due them through
you!
If you notice people who want to hide under the cloak of full-time ministry in your church to depend on you for sustenance in the name of frequenting your house to pray for you or always seeing visions for you, don't give them anything. Instead tell them to go and work.
