In God's Kingdom,  it's not up to us who gets promoted and who doesn't.  It's God's choice entirely and He doesn't base His choice on outward looks or circumstances at all. Some that men want to promote and exalt,  God would not promote at all, others that man overlooks and ignores, God promotes and highly exalts.

We are supposed to take the lowest seat in any fellowship, we are not to promote ourselves or seek honor for ourselves.  We are to wait to be bidden to a higher seat at the table. But who's table are we partaking of? The table set by man, full of his ways and thoughts? Or the Lord's table? The Lord's table or the table of devils? In many churches your promotion will never come because men are in charge not God and they are content to esteem themselves above the congregation. They decide who gets promoted and who doesn't  - and their criteria is usually how obedient you are to them, not God. You may be called by God but that call is not recognized or acknowledged in their midst. They only recognize the call of man. 

In many cases, if they do recognize God has called you and anointed you, they immediately begin to direct it, control it, take advantage of it by sending you to one of their "Bible Schools" or colleges where they can dictate what you'll believe and accept as truth. They'll teach you their pet doctrines  - some of them doctrines of men, some doctrines of devils but most importantly,  tragically,  they'll teach you to rely on THEM, for wisdom and understanding,  not the Holy Spirit,  who alone can lead us and guide us into all truth.

You will not be recognized by them as worthy of ministry till you've proven yourself faithful and obedient to them, to their thoughts and ways. All of this is right and goid, if you are seeking the praise and honor of men. If you want promotion in man's kingdom  you must servevand obey men, following their ways. If you want promotion and honor in God's kingdom  - serve and obey God (1 Cor: 7:23).

When the Apostles,  God's appointed and annointed authority,  were confronted by the Pharisees,  man's appointed authority, the apostles,  in response to their anger and accusations because they weren't submitted to them, replied "WHETHER IT BE RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF GOD TO HEARKEN UNTO YOU MORE THAN GOD, JUDGE YE".

And today, two thousand plus years later - I ask you - should you hearken unto men more than God?

 Do not look to man for your spiritual sustenance,  your soul's food and drink. In the Communion service,  it is the Body and the Blood of our Lord Jesus, our Christ that we are to serve one another - but remember  - Christ himself served the first Communion meal - henceforth,  Christ in us continues to serve us his flesh and his blood - by giving us in sacrifice one to another. We are his Body - we are sustained by his blood. We consume his flesh by partaking of each other's lives  - but remember the Lord's command - do not consume flesh with the blood still in it - the life is in the blood - so, he's telling us we must only consume flesh that has died. In the same way - we can only have our flesh (life) offered by Christ to another when we've died to our flesh's lusts and desires, Amen. In our flesh is found all manner of unclean things (Gal:5:19-21) but when we die to all these we become full of his Spirit's fruit - then we become palatable to others! The more dead to your flesh you become  the more alive to Christ, to his Spirit, you become.  You replace your flesh's affections with God's desires. You exchange unrighteousness for righteousness, wickedness for holiness, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil for the Tree of Life. 

 I crave Your presence  beyond even sleep.

 I crave Your presence  more than food or drink.

 Come to me now lest my heart faint.

 Come to me Lord, show me no restraint. 

 I am weak and cannot do as You please

 unless You take over all that is in me.

 My soul is shattered and weary and torn.

 My enemies exult and laugh me to scorn.

 I need Your touch, I need Your voice,

 till Your eyes are upon me I cannot rejoice.

 Oh Father, I'm slain as a prodigal son

 given to lusts - I'm a prideful one.

 Deliver me, God, ere i remain unclean. 

 Deliver me from all that's obscene. 

 Wash me, cleanse me with Your Holy blood.

 Holy Spirit within me be as a flood -

 remove the Dam of filth and of doubt

 till I'm clean before You both inside and out 

 consumed by what makes You proud  -

 May the hallmark of my sonship be humility. 

 May all that I do be pleasing to Thee.

 May You use without hindrance my hands and my feet.

 To do as You please is what makes my soul sweet!

HALLELUJAH! Ha le lu Yah!

 Though the nations rage

Though the heathen say

Let us break their bonds asunder 

He that sits in the Heavens shall laugh

and every word that He's spoken shall come to pass

and all the earth shall tremble and quake

and all that can be shaken will shake

as The Lord begins to separate 

His bride from all who hate

From henceforth the plagues shall not come nigh

My sanctified, Holy, altogether lovely   Bride

For I'll remain close by       indeed, inside

The World is about to know such calamity 

as it has never known before,  nor ever again will see

Remain in the Ark of My Presence,  My Bride

for only there can you hope to survive 

yet not only survive but prosper and thrive 

as a mighty oasis in a desert vast

so shall you remain till the Judgments are passed

 Oh come all His people and worship Him true,

 worship with all that's inside of you!

Dance as the trees that have been set free,

 with leaves that won't wither but blossom before Him eternally!

HALLELUJAH! LET ALL HIS PEOPLE SING HA LE LU JAH!

HALLELUJAH! NOW ALL GOD'S PEOPLE SING HALLELUJAH!

Oh come all His saints, fill your hearts with praise,

 for His banner of love over you now is raised!

You'll run and not grow weary, walk and not faint,

 with wings as Eagle's you'll rise above every complaint!

HALLELUJAH! LET ALL HIS PEOPLE SING HA LE LU JAH!

HALLELUJAH! NOW ALL GOD'S PEOPLE SING HALLELUJAH!

Hide in the cleft of the rock carved for you,

 kept safe by the groom who is faithful and true!

Come to the desert place, meet with Him face to face,

 taste the sweet wine of His love in this place!

HALLELUJAH! ALL GOD'S PEOPLE SING HA LE LU JAH!

HALLELUJAH! NOW IS THE TIME TO SING HALLELUJAH!