I have
fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith (2
Timothy 4:7).
To be a
good leader, a successful leader, you have to be well trained. And training
isn’t just a onetime thing; it’s a continuous exercise, and the aim of every
training is to attain mastery or perfection. Some people believe that as long
as they’re in the earth, they’ll just keep learning, without attaining mastery.
That’s not what the Word teaches.
In
Ephesians 4:11-12, the Apostle Paul lists for us the purpose of the fivefold
ministry gifts, which the Lord Jesus gave to the Church; it’s for the training
or “perfecting” of the saints. It’s so we can attain mastery: “And he gave
some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors
and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints....”
Don’t live
a life that’s always on “a journey,” in pursuit of the same things, on the same
level for years. There’re certain things that you should perfect, and when you
do, move to the next level; move to something higher. Success is measured at
different levels. As you’re being trained, you can tell whether or not you’re
successful by the results you produce on the basis of your current level of training.
The more
yielded you are to the Holy Spirit and the Word of God, the faster the process
of your training, and the sooner you attain mastery at that level and area of
training.
PRAYER: Dear
Father, I thank you for the ministry gifts to the body of Christ, that the
Church may be taught, trained, perfected and energized for the work of the
ministry. I take advantage of the Word and the blessings of the Spirit, through
which I’m trained for a continuous life of victory, success, promotion and
greatness, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER
STUDY: Hebrews 5:12-14 TLB - You have been Christians a long time now, and
you ought to be teaching others, but instead you have dropped back to the place
where you need someone to teach you all over again the very first principles in
God’s Word. You are like babies who can drink only milk, not old enough for
solid food. And when a person is still living on milk it shows he isn’t very
far along in the Christian life, and doesn’t know much about the difference
between right and wrong. He is still a baby Christian! 14 You
will never be able to eat solid spiritual food and understand the deeper things
of God’s Word until you become better Christians and learn right from wrong by
practicing doing right.
Hebrews 6:1 TLB - Let us stop going over the same old ground again and again, always teaching those first lessons about Christ. Let us go on instead to other things and become mature in our understanding, as strong Christians ought to be. Surely we don’t need to speak further about the foolishness of trying to be saved by being good, or about the necessity of faith in God;
2 Timothy 3:16-17 TLB - The whole Bible was given to us by inspiration from God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives; it straightens us out and helps us do what is right.17 It is God’s way of making us well prepared at every point, fully equipped to do good to everyone.
Hebrews 6:1 TLB - Let us stop going over the same old ground again and again, always teaching those first lessons about Christ. Let us go on instead to other things and become mature in our understanding, as strong Christians ought to be. Surely we don’t need to speak further about the foolishness of trying to be saved by being good, or about the necessity of faith in God;
2 Timothy 3:16-17 TLB - The whole Bible was given to us by inspiration from God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives; it straightens us out and helps us do what is right.17 It is God’s way of making us well prepared at every point, fully equipped to do good to everyone.
1 YEAR
BIBLE READING PLAN: Acts 10:24-48, Ezra 7-8
2 YEAR BIBLEREADING
2 YEAR BIBLE
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