Blade Devotional
CONTINUE IN PRAYER FOR MINISTERS
Where the shepherd goes, the sheep will surely follow
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak – Colossians 4:2-4
The mystery of Christ is the Doctrine of Christ and one needs to be given utterance to speak it and make it manifest as one ought to. Those with the necessary maturity will agree that there’s something awfully wrong with our gospel presentation today. Compared with each other, some preachers are seemingly better than others, but compared to the Lord Jesus Christ and the apostles, it’s as if we’re a different religion altogether. Most ministers today are not speaking and manifesting the Doctrine of Christ as they ought to, myself included. That’s why the church needs to pray for us.
Most of us today are simply not saying what the bible is saying. More than that, our lifestyle is markedly different from that of our ancient counterparts. Something is wrong. That’s why the church needs to pray for us ministers. And by pray I don’t mean declare or decree something over our lives. By pray I mean pray. I mean intercession. I mean supplication. I mean petitioning God. I mean crying out to God in holy desperation for us ministers to repent.
Where the shepherd goes, the sheep will surely follow. For there to be repentance in the pews there must first be repentance in the pulpit. The church needs to pray for us ministers to stop compromising the truth of the gospel. Please pray for us to meet the biblical standard of ministers such as the Lord Jesus Christ, the apostles and the prophets. Please present us before God so that we may ascend out of the mediocrity we’ve descended into and begin to rise up in righteousness and holiness and be the men and women of God He has called us to be. The hour we live in demands it.
PRAYER
Father in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I pray that you help our ministers to say and do what the Lord Jesus Christ commands. I pray that they may meet the biblical standard of ministry and be the men and women you called them to be. Amen.