August 27, 2013

God reveals that the real test of ministry, the real test of what you do as the Church, His Body in the earth, is found in these words: stand and minister to me. If we can not stand before God and minister to Him, then we can not stand and minister for Him in the world in which we live. And if we minister to the world without ministering to God first, there will be no lasting value in what we do. The weakness in the church today, the shallowness in ministry is due to saints, children of God, members of the Church, who will not spend time alone before God, ministering to Him before ministering to others. God desires a people who will see Him as the basis for ministry, and not so much the needs around them. For when we see God as the basis for ministry then we will be directed by God to do ministry and not directed by the needs around us.