THURSDAY - 2ND FEBRUARY, 2023
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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO
THOSE TO FETCH! - Helpmeet Series 006
Acts 6:3, KJV
"Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business."
Deputies are blessings. But, wrong choice of deputies can cause you many harm. Your intention is to be blessed and not cursed. This lone reason should pervade and perpetuate who to choose as deputies.
It's better for a man to be alone (though needing help) than for him to have the wrong help. When God says, "it is not good that man should be alone", He coupled Adam with Eve. But not just any help, "but a helpmeet fit for him (Gen.2:18)." This is your prayer and your expectation. Any deputy you'll have who instead of meeting needs will create needs in the work doesn't worth it. It doesn't mean you won't have a reason to be useful to your deputies. Many, many reasons. Humanity is always fretted with problems and challenges and that includes you but none should be recruited to this Father's business who in the mind of God will cause the work harm.
The Bible says of the Proverbs 31 woman, "the heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil (Proverbs 31:11, KJV). This should be your testimony over your deputies. Always ask, "am I safe with them? Do I trust them? Are they trustworthy having God's fear?" Anything short of this will deal you harm and wreckage. You'll always shiver and worry for the work and sooner for your own life (in their midst).
The apostles in drawing deacons (deputies who will relieve them of their responsibilities in order to concentrate on prayer and the ministry of the Word) clearly instructs on who to draw. They are to be men whom everyone trusts (not known for cheating or any bad reputation), full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom. While the number of deacons is fixed for seven here yet the workload is what will command the number to be drawn. Don't forget, the complaint is on discrimination and how some poor widows are being neglected in the food line. This birth the need for those whom people could trust. And not only that but those who are full of the Holy Spirit. When you're full of the Holy Spirit, you'll be opened to leading and you'll be effectively led. It means, in the process of serving bread, they'll be opened to using discernment to pick any who's a deceiver and would be just at heart to justify their dealings with these poor widows. You can't bypass these deacons. If you've been allocated food or you aren't a widow, you can't lie about it. The Holy Spirit they're filled with is He who will teach them all things coupled with their wisdom to research for the truth. They have an unction from the Holy One. And then wisdom. This is what makes them sensible. It makes them able to administer practical judgement to the ease and comfort of all these poor widows. It teaches them how to act.
The moral is that anyone can't be brought to carry the ark of the Lord. It must be those designated for it. Those who are are those who have met the criteria of God in touching and doing his work. If you choose men who are not of honest report, you'll suffer harm. They can never report honestly to you. They'll be those changing figures to reenter those that fit their interest. I heard my ministry father speak of some church workers especially those in charge of the printing of a church. These men would strike deals with the printers to put down on the receipt certain inflated money as against the original cost of any done job. In the first place, these members are never disciples. They've learnt the world than Christ. To worsen the situation, the printers are as well compromisers and are now asking the delegates of my own ministry father, "how much they should enter on their receipt for their sake?" Those ones wonder what else to enter if not the exact cost. With the other brethren, this is how both share the reward of this false gain. My concern is how that leadership has been suffering harm and what harm they'll still suffer. But also, we should ask whether honesty indeed flows from the top down in their own ministry and could be visibly seen by all and sundry for emulation. In either case, be a man of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and practicable and good ways of doing things. I pray, may we all be useful in God's vineyard. May we all know that what we do is unto the Lord and not any man.
PRAYER: Lord, touch the hearts of all living in falsehood in the vineyard. Touch the heart of any causing harm on your work and reputation.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Exodus 13:17-15:18; Matthew 21:23-46; Psalm 26:1-12; Proverbs 6:16-19
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