MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CALLING- Open Heavens Daily Devotionals by Pastor E.A Adeboye

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Jer 21 - 23
MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CALLING Thursday, December 16, 2010
MEMORIZE: “Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;” (Eph. 5:19) READ: 1 Samuel 16:1-14 “Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you” (John 15:16). Today’s reading, talks about how David was chosen.  One lesson to note here is that God’s choice precedes our choice.  He does not wait for us to choose to serve Him before He chooses us and has made His choice even before we were created. God has chosen you. He has seen some potentials in you before choosing you; afterall, He put them there. He wants you to bear fruit for His glory. May you not waste the divine deposits in you in Jesus’ Name.  One man who did not waste God’s deposits was David. He had great potentials to be a musician, king, warrior, priest, shepherd and prophet and he satisfied God in all these areas. Unlike king Saul whose bid to offer a sacrifice that only the priest should, cost him his crown, David enquired of the Lord with an ephod meant for only priests. His several fold ministry is a fore runner of the ministry of modern day believers. If you please God in everything you do and give Him what He wants, you can successfully operate in several ministries. According to Revelation 1:5-6, we are called to be kings and priests unto God. 1 Peter 2:9 says we have a peculiar priesthood - a royal one. We are also warriors because we have the fight of faith before us (Ephesians 6:1-12). We are armed with God’s armor just because we are called into this spiritual fight.  In addition, Acts 2:16-17 says because of the outpouring of God’s Spirit on us, we shall prophesy as prophets. We are also called to be musicians hence, Ephesians 5:19 spells out the type of songs we should sing. We are called into a multi-fold ministry.  However, to be able to function effectively as king, prophet, priest, warrior, musician and shepherd, we must have a heart for God like David. We must do His bidding every step of the way and give Him anything He wants. Are you effectively playing these multiple roles? Ask the Lord for grace today. ACTION POINT: Thank God for His multi-dimensional calling on your life. Ask for grace not to fail Him in any area. N.B Have you supported the RCCG PROJECT?