OUR CALLING
Of the Father, not of man.

When I woke up today and was talking to our Father about different things. It was put in my mind about callings, and ministers.

After leaving that group, we were determined that as His children we were not going to fall away! He put us in His family, and no man could take us out, so we were still His kids. We were told that due to our not attending we were not longer a part of the Church, but never were disfellowshipped.

In praying for guidance to know truth, to worship in truth, and in the Spirit we found some pretty amazing things. We found out why those men could not deliver live sermons! In reading in Cor. 12; 14; and other places in Cor. we saw that the Father did the anointing of one for a position in the assembly. Most times these were young boys that had attended the church school, and it was a common conclusion that the outcome would be ministers for their church. They had gone to Bible classes, took speech classes, been baptized, hands laid on and proclaimed now they were ministers. They left out one factor. Were they called of the Father to do what they were sent out to do?

For one to help people, they need the gifts of wisdom, word of knowledge, and maybe even prophecy. If he is called to teach, he may not be anointed to do that.

The Holy Spirit will teach us, it will also inspire us when we are speaking. If we have a set pattern, set time, set this or that, where is letting the Holy Spirit minister? It may have words to say to someone in the audience that really means a difference in their lives at that moment. It may have help, encouragement, correction, and it not even be what that man has studied all week to deliver.

I like how it was back in the time of Saul. We see in Cor. where there was an overseer, and his purpose was to see that all was done decently and in order. Those with the gifts each had a turn as the Spirit was upon them. Not one person in the room was left out. All had different gifts to minister with. The Holy Spirit had free reign to bless, teach, encourage, edify all in the room. Healings of physical, and spiritual was available.

You can not have those things if a man is chosen of man to be over folks. It must be the Father in charge at all times. He never leaves out any one that has a need. Through His Spirit He ministers to all in attendance.

Until all those churches that came out of that mother church, learns the lesson that it is not rules, regulations, and setting forth by laws, but letting the Father loose in the churches, let His Spirit flow freely, then we will have dead churches, bored people, sore bottoms, and no growth!

Each one of us should yearn for the anointing of the Father. Praying, and asking for gifts of the Spirit to serve with. For all will be given a service. Not one will be told no, you can not serve, or here you are the least. If the Father puts us in the assembly, then each job, small or big will be important, and each fulfilled in the calling that the Father placed them in.