Topic:HELP FROM SUBORDINATES
Memorise: And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks,
and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. Isaiah
61:5
Bible Text: 2nd Kings 5:1-4, 10-14
Bible in one year: Esther 8-10, John 9:35-10:21
God had
His agenda already set out before the foundation of the world. When the right
time comes for Him to unfold a specific plan in His agenda, He looks out for
those He can use to achieve His purpose. For example, when the time came for
God to accomplish an earlier plan to turn a Syrian army general into a
worshipper of Jehovah, God sought the vessel to use, and He found a young
captive girl who was serving as a maid in the house of Naaman. She cooperated
with God and told Naaman’s wife of a highly anointed prophet of God in Israel
who could cure the incurable leprosy that was a blemish upon Naaman’s life.
Some
other vessels that God used in achieving His purpose concerning Naaman were
Naaman’s personal assistants. When they arrived at the front of Elisha’s house,
Elisha simply sent his servant to tell Naaman to go and dip seven times in
River Jordan and he would be healed. Naaman took offence that the prophet could
not even honour him by coming out to talk personally to him. How could the
prophet send a servant to him? Besides, he did not like River Jordan at all.
Why did the prophet not choose any of the prestigious rivers around? He was
angry, and he decided to leave. Had it not been that some of his servants
decided to talk frankly with him, making him see the folly of his decision to
return home empty-handed, he would have become a victim of his anger. He
listened to them, went and dipped in the river and came out whole. When he
returned to the prophet, he offered him a gift which he refused. He then
requested to carry some of the soil from Israel to his native land to raise an
altar to Jehovah there, and he promised to serve the Almighty God going
forward. God can use you. Are you a housemaid or a houseboy? God can use
anyone. Are you a servant? God can use you. God also use Prophet Elisha. Are
you a servant of God? God can use you. One lesson from the maid and the servant
is that if you can deal with the problems of fear and intimidation, you can be
used by God to help your superiors. Never look down on yourself. Do not say
that because you are uneducated, you cannot speak to the educated about Jesus.
Use the Pidgin English or vernacular you know to pass across the message of the
love of Jesus to others. The help that will move some superiors to their next
level lies in the hands of their subordinates. You can be used to assist your
superiors. The greatest assistance you can give to those above you is to link
them up with Jesus.
Prayer Point:Father, let my ears be
open to Your voice coming through my subordinates.
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