Oct 2020
Shalom and Welcome to Today’s Open Heavens Devotional REVIEW
Topic: Anointing Or Appointment
“We want you to carefully select from among yourselves seven godly men. Make sure they are honorable, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, and we will give them the responsibility of this crucial ministry of serving.” Acts 6:3
Text: Acts 6:5-8
Everyone in the church loved this idea. So they chose seven men. One of them was Stephen, who was known as a man full of faith and overflowing with the Holy Spirit. Along with him they chose Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicholas from Antioch, who had converted to Judaism.
All seven stood before the apostles, who laid their hands on them and prayed for them, commissioning them to this ministry. God’s word reigned supreme and kept spreading.
The number of Jesus’ followers in Jerusalem quickly grew and increased by the day. Even a great number of Jewish priests became believers and were obedient to the faith! Stephen, who was a man full of grace and supernatural power, performed many astonishing signs and wonders and mighty miracles among the people. (The Passion Translation)
- The Anointing is the supernatural ability to do work. It is seen as the presence of the Holy Spirit with a believer. (1 John 2:20 Acts 10:38)
Our generation has people who desire positions and appointments which is not bad but most times there’s no approval from the Lord and thus there will be some struggling because there’s no grace(ability) to properly serve in that post.
Our text should that those who were choose where those who had the right requirement to serve. So appointment is not necessarily the first thing but first a man/woman should first be anointed before serving It should never be something lobbied after but rather it is an election of God’s grace. If you are selected for a position, always check if it’s God’s purpose for you and if it is be committed to it.
Conclusion “Humble yourself before God and in due time he will lift you up.”
For you are his expression, his Living Letters (to the world) Alive2Christ//Alive2Love