Things That Make Ministers: Spiritual Appointments

Apostle Grace Lubega

1 Timothy 3:1-6(KJV); This is a true saying, if a man desires the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach…Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he falls into the condemnation of the devil.

Things That Make Ministers: Spiritual AppointmentsThe Bible gives clear guidelines on the appointment of individuals to spiritual offices.

Giving generous donations to the church is not what qualifies one to be appointed to a spiritual office.

Getting actively involved in service is not a necessary benchmark because some people are very busy serving yet Paul calls them ‘busybodies.’

Neither should anyone be appointed to a spiritual office in order to retain and keep them within a ministry.

The Bible lays a standard and one of those standards is that the individual should not be a novice, lest being lifted up with pride, he falls into the condemnation of the devil.

I have seen novices appointed to spiritual offices only to be weighed by those very offices and found wanting.

Many have ‘limped off the altar’ and some have abandoned the presence of God because the crowns they were accorded were too heavy for them. 

Some have been appointed through church politics, favouritism games and some by sheer manipulation.

You owe accountability to God concerning the men and women you place on the altar to minister to the people of God. You are accountable to God for the lives they save or the ones they may destroy.

Every man that has been truly raised by God is humble in spirit. The Bible says that He exalts the humble (1 Peter 5:6).

As a minister of the gospel, you must be able to discern pride in a man because if you appoint any such one to a spiritual office, by that same pride, they will destroy themselves and in turn destroy many.

As a church, we must take spiritual appointments with the seriousness they deserve because, in the end, they are about the lives of the people God has trusted us with.

FURTHER STUDY: 1 Peter 5:6, Titus 1:6-8

GOLDEN NUGGET:
You owe accountability to God concerning the men and women you place on the altar to minister to the people of God. You are accountable to God for the lives they save or the ones they may destroy.

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for this instruction. I receive it with humility and walk in its understanding. Your Word has made a minister out of me and as such, I know that heaven requires much from me. Because I know that I am a minister, I choose to humble myself before you in all things, to heed to your teachings, promptings and convictions. By this wisdom, I change those you have given me responsibility for. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

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