29. Wherefore I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

There is a divine working that goes with the calling of God on a man that works on the inside of him, to cause him to labour and to operate in life and in destiny. We must seek to make our labour in life consistent with the working of God in us. What happens most times is that a lot of Christians labour at levels lower than the working of God in them, so there is a lot of wastage. God wants you to bring your labour now to be consistent with His own working in you. You can't operate above the call and you should not operate below the call. What you do effectively is what the call of God places on you.

EXODUS3:1

I. Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: ....

Look at that word, "now." If I may ask you, where and what are you doing now? How far or how close are you to your destiny? As I said earlier, this man was keeping the flock of Jethro when he should be keeping the flock of God. He was keeping the flock of his father-in-law when the flock of God that he should keep was waiting. Please do not confuse this; there are times that God will ask you to keep the flock of your father-in-law to prepare you to keep the flock of God. I hope you understand that. However, some people will now take the flock of Jethro as a permanent thing and they don't ever go to the flock of God.

Remember, Moses was running from the call of God at this time; he had the spirit of rejection inside because the people of Israel had rejected him. Sometimes when people are building doctrine around their fears to justify their rebellion and disobedience to the dealing of God in their hearts, you've got to be careful. As a child of God, you've got to be careful who you follow as a mentor, as a leader, as an example. You must be sure of their accuracy in following God and in the dealings of God in their lives. This is because it is easy to leave a place of divine posting because of danger, pressure or problem and go to settle where there is no pressure. God does not respect your opinion as far as your destiny is concerned. He has made a choice on your destiny, you've just got to accept that destiny and work it out in physical flesh. You don't choose your destiny, He chose it; you should discover it and then work it out.

Christianity is not just about going to heaven. Going to heaven is one of the benefits of Christianity, but Christianity is about fulfilling your destiny while you are on the earth and preparing for life after death.

I CORINTHIANS 12: 1

I. Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.

What that verse is saying is "now concerning spiritual things, brethren, I would not have you ignorant" If Paul said," I don't want you to be ignorant", that means the Holy Spirit is saying God doesn't want you to be ignorant. Ignorance is one of the greatest enemies in life and destiny. You know, if you are ignorant of it, you cannot function in it effectively. Paul did not want them to be wrongly informed; he wanted them to be correctly, accurately, precisely and fully informed concerning spiritual things.

He began to talk and first talked about the gifts of the spirit and then talked about the gifts of ministry, things of the Holy Spirit, the gifts that rest on each person as his ministry.

I CORINTHIANS 12: 12-13

12. For as the body is one, and hath many members and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

13. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

This verse immediately tells you that you cannot say you are going to a church because the pastor is from your hometown. God can choose for you a pastor that is not from your hometown or race. We must not make spiritual decisions based on carnal considerations otherwise; we shall get into inaccuracy that can reduce our functioning in our calling. Till next week, go and win with Jesus.