Open Heaven 22nd October,2017: Morning Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye

Topic: FULFILL YOUR CALLING

"But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry."- 2 Timothy 4:5

Bible Reading: Romans 12:6-18
Message:
Yesterday, we discussed knowing and staying within your calling. One of the reasons why it is important for you to know and stay within your calling is to fulfill the purpose of your calling.

Fulfilling your calling is therefore premised on you knowing and staying within your calling. We are instructed by the Lord to ensure the profitable use of the gifts given to us by the Holy Spirit -though not without caution that it should be done in faith.
The bedrock of the use of the gifts the Holy Spirit gives and the offices our Lord Jesus Christ calls us into is love. This is why Paul, in 1 Corinthians 12:31, as a prologue to his exposition on love, said: “But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew l unto you a more excellent way.
Without love, you cannot adequately fulfil your calling. Through the story of Jonah who was commissioned as a prophet to warn a perishing nation, we learn that without love, there is no way anyone can fulfil his or her calling.
The office of a prophet is a desirable office among the fivefold offices in the Church (Ephesians 4:11). This was the office Jonah was called into. However, a lack of love for perishing souls almost made him to lose that office and his life (Jonah 1:1-15).
Beloved, into what office have you been called? Are you fulfilling your calling? If not, do you know the cause? May be it is because your heart is lacking in love. 1 Corinthians 13:2 says
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that l could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
It is amazing to read that Jonah was angry because God decided to forgive the people of Nineveh after he had been forced to warn them to repent. Jonah 3:10-4:1 says:
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them, and he did it not.


But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. If you don’t have love you cannot fulfill your calling to operate it. Your gifts would just be monumental but without value. It takes love to be a successful administrator to say the least. It takes love to successfully do the work of an evangelist or a teacher.


Without love, you may own all the goods in the world and people dying of starvation will mean nothing to you. A pastor without love would just be milking the sheep to fatten himself up for perdition.
Love is the excellent way of fulfilling your calling. Release your heart to love, and stay away from hate.

 Prayer Point:
Father, please fill my heart with compassion and love, so that may fulfill my calling in Jesus’ Name.

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