You And Your Co-Workers In The Vineyard Of The Most High, The King Of Kings Series

Your co-workers in the ministry and you

I have said it before, many Christians believe and know that working in a Christian organization is one of the most difficult things to do. Why, because you may have to look very hard and intently to find the demonstrated love of CHRIST. The atmosphere can sometimes be described as one similar to the one during the cold war. One world but full of camps, factions and unaddressed, fueled conflict.

It is common to hear of people in ministry telling tales of severe mistreatment as they work in churches and ministries. It is even justified on the pulpits by statements insinuating that GOD allows senior servants to maltreat HIS children in the name of training and sharpening them to be greater vessels of glory. Well, if this is the case, then the churches would have very many workers. But how be it that the churches have few workers and many leave the kingdom of GOD entirely never to return, licking their wounds in private, wounds obtained from fellow servants of GOD. And this seems to be the culture in the churches and ministries. Beloved, we are outdoing Saul in his unsuccessful pursuit to keep David in his place.

Well Beloved, I don’t think this is GOD’s modus operandi. It may happen and maybe rampant but it is within HIS permissive will not HIS perfect will.

I have heard several times servants of GOD recount enduring hardship under other servants of GOD. When they are successful in ministry ( read to mean they have founded their own ministry and it has a number of people) they state that the training(read cruelty) meted on them as they grew in the vineyard has greatly helped and shaped them in their success.

At this point, let me also digress and ask when did the presence of The HOLY SPIRIT, HIS instructions and holiness stop being the measure of success in ministry? O sorry, I forgot, the holiness meter was buried deep down in our conscious along with the commandments and other treasures. Expedition loading to retrieve buried holiness meters and spiritual treasures.

Back to what I was saying, Beloved. Our FATHER is not a monster. HE is good. In the beginning, HE put Adam and Eve in a great place at no cost and did not bully them into submission. When they transgressed, HE handled the situation, prophesied to their good and withdrew.

Same case with our KING YESHUA, HE had disciples. Several times they were not in synchrony with HIM. How did HE handle it?

Let’s all thank GOD that Peter was ministered to directly by CHRIST because if Peter was in today’s world, in today’s ministries, in today’s churches he would have been reduced to a fishing mogul, controlling the fishing business worldwide but would never be the rock who CHRIST said he was. Talk about destiny manipulation, in the church, in the ministry! But who am I to say? Meanwhile, somebody please explain to me this market place Christianity thing. I don’t understand. Is Peter supposed to preach to those in the fish business or to catch men. Someone explain to me, I humbly beg to understand.

After Peter’s epic fall and fail, we see The KING HIMSELF minister to Peter and even make him bread and fish and asks him a very simple question three times. “ Do you love ME?” and then gives him the instructions, “Feed MY sheep!” "Follow ME !" That’s all. Straight to the point.

Beloved, I dare you: Go ask your senior in the ministry if they love you. Go ask your juniors in the ministry if they love you. Hehe! I suspect you really want to and could but you may not be able to handle the response you get. You may not get the “Yes LORD, you know I love YOU “ response you expect and no shrink in the world can deal with the resultant trauma, short of them telling you to walk away from the ministry like many have and give you something to “numb” your senses and your pain for as long as you walk this earth.

With those three words, very simple instruction, ”FEED MY sheep”, Peter goes on to fulfill his foundational role in the Body of CHRIST. You don’t see him deviating from his MASTER till death. Yes, he faced challenges but he ran his race. What spurred Peter? I say, the love that our SAVIOR showed him when he had failed beyond failing by denying CHRIST. Our SAVIOR did not appear before Peter and start, “See, you thought I was down, I’m back to continue with the ministry. I’m going to heaven and y’all shall know who I am. Can’t trust anybody in this world, gotta do everything by myself. Peter! You betrayed me..how could you?..you dumped me!.. off to hell you go…..” . Beloved, in this business of our FATHER, HE does not handle matters like that.