Shin Ying asked me yesterday, "What does it mean to Arise?" I asked the Lord this morning. And this is what He told me. So this is specially for you=)He really loves you!
This was what Rev Col Stringer preached to us yesterday. Calling the church to Arise to a higher level of spiritual realm. He emphasize too that Arise is also associated with the glory of God(Ezekiel 3:22-23).
I asked myself this question too while he was preaching. How to arise? What do I have to do?Then it becomes of works.Hee~I wanted very much to know it as this was something the Lord has been speaking to me and many others I think...to come up to a higher level.
And the Lord really did answered me. Read along with me, and I really hope you catch it!For it is so powerful=)
"Let's take a look at the life of Joseph. He went from being the favorite in his father's house, pampered on every side, to being slave in a foreigner's house. You don't think he rose to the position of overseeing Potiphar’s house in a day, do you?Absolutely not! Israelites were like dogs in the eyes of the Egyptians, who fancied themselves far more sophisticated and advanced than any other society in the earth. No, Joseph started with the most menial of tasks. He applied himself to these drudgeries, performing them with a spirit of excellence, to the glory of God, and God honored him by causing everything he touched to prosper. So of course Joseph got promoted.
You may know the rest of the story. Potiphar’s wife took a liking to him, and when he refused to respond to her advances, she accused him of rape and had him thrown into jail. But even there he decided to be the best convict that he could be. Again God honored him, and Joseph was promoted.
Joseph set his sights on maintaining a godly attitude and being an excellent servant, though surely he must have chafed under his seeming reversal of fortune. He decided to learn the necessary lessons and come out the victor. He put his hand to the grindstone and used what he had—his ability to serve—where he was. He flourished in the midst of his trial and, by God’s grace, made something out of the lot that has been given him. And because of Joseph’s obedient and willing attitude, God blessed him. He himself proclaimed, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
Taken from how to be blessed and highly favored by Michelle McKinney Hammond
Deaconess Karen preached in DARE last Saturday on the story of David and Goliath. How did David a shepherd boy killed a man who is many times his size. Here are some of the things she said,
“Use what you got in your hands…every little small things. See God in every small thing=>setting you up for Goliath…As you study, a spirit of excellence will arise in you…Was David being a Shepherd boy exciting? “
Both Joseph and David did the best what they knew to do. Were their task interesting?I doubt so.Were they doing the same thing everyday?Just imagine for yourself what would a shepherd boy be doing daily, a servant, a convict...You will be grateful for where you are now, wont you?=)
Someone wrote this to me the other day,
I was watching a cartoon, and one of the characters said, 'All my life I had been searching for the Best Place - a place where we would be accepted, where we could rest. But as I searched I began to realise that maybe there is no Best Place for me to find. I have to create the Best Place for myself. Now I know that the Best Place is not a place, but it is in my heart.'
Here’s what the Lord told me.
When you do something with a consciousness of doing it to the glory of the Lord, a spirit of excellence will arise in you. And this is how you arise to a higher level.
It does not have to be big projects but just simple things that are before you now. When Joseph was a servant, he did everything to the glory of the Lord a servant would do. He would brewed the coffee to it's best, tidied the king's chamber without any spot...whatever it is, we know that he did it well because he was term an excellent servant.
Oh the Lord just told me this. Many a times we want to be excellent in our studies, to be the best. But you know, when you live a God-conscious life, doing it to the glory of the Lord and not man, a spirit of excellence will arise in you. Do you see it?It’s a spirit. It comes on you.
Even when Joseph was in the jail, he became the best convict! What happens after that?He got promoted! He went up to a higher level. He “ARISE”!
When you help your mum to wash the plates, your boss to do the unnecessary work, dun grumble..hehe. do it happily for the Lord. At when you catch that spirit, promotion is near you!
Arise, God’s beloved to the call he has called you to!=)Live a life that glorifies Him.
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