I once went to a special "Youth Service" at my Mother-in-law's church to see my daughter Karianna minister with her youth group. It was wonderful - Another group of young people also ministered, they were from a school of ministry in Alabama - they were anointed! My heart loved them so i decided to prophecy to them, just the Seniors who were graduating, turned out there were 5. So I prophecy to the five, but some others come over and listen in - they got excited and asked if I would prophecy to them too. Of course I will! So I end up ministering to the entire group, about twenty. Took me two hours but it was worth it. It was great to see their enthusiasm and excitement at hearing God's voice. Several weeks later, one of them, Michael, contacted me on Facebook. It was then Daddy shared an important reminder with me - a lesson we all need to learn. I wrote these words to the young man - Michael -
Don't know if you noticed, but after the "service" ended, everyone began to fellowship with one another as if the Spirit was switched off, as if the time to fellowship with the Holy Spirit was during the official service time - like a movie or concert - and when the shows over - time to move on, back to reality - back to normalcy, our normal, mundane lives. Back to focusing on ourselves, but I stayed tuned into the Holy Spirit - I stayed fully open and alive to Him. I began to minister in the anointing after the "service" ended. The point is - we should never switch God on or off, tune Him in and out. We should never relegate Him to official "service times" - times set aside for us to meet with Him, corporately. We should remain in fellowship with Him continuously - a never-ending communion of our souls and His. All day, every day. This is called "walking in the Spirit" and "being led by the Spirit". Some of the best ministry opportunities take place before and after the "main service", when people are sharing their hearts and lives with each other.
Oh, but the pastor doesn't allow this! He might think if God moves outside His allotted time - time when He, the pastor is in charge, the people will realize they don't need him for the Holy Spirit to move and to minister. Good! Because it's true! God doesn't need the pastor's permission and God isn't there to serve his every whim - no, instead God uses willing hearts and hands wherever and whenever they're available. We need to let God do whatever He pleases whenever He pleases. We must not treat Him like a celebrity - who shows up to entertain us once a week - who graces us with His presence, then leaves. From His perspective - the "service" never ends. He wants to be of service 24/7 - this is how "Divine Appointments" happen on a weekly, even daily, basis.
PS: Come to think of it - we need to stop treating our leadership - whether apostles, prophets, teachers, evangelists or pastors - like celebrities. The society we live in is really good at idolizing men and women - flesh! They love to worship their fleshly idols - spending lots of thought, time and money on them. They follow their every move and word online. The flesh loves glory and attention! Yet, when we do this to our pastors or any other leaders - we destroy them and ourselves - for God will not bless this - He will not share His glory with men - He alone deserves our honor, adulation and worship.
God to us "You don t have to be a Star, baby, to be in My show".
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