After a whole night of communing
with the Father, Jesus came down the mountain and chose 12 men that He
designated “apostles”. Then after that He trains them for the next three and a
half years. This seems counterintuitive to how most of us would have it done. I
mean it would make more sense to train them first and then to designate them
“apostles” after the training, wouldn’t it?
Well, I believe our Lord got that
blueprint from His Father and followed it accurately.
You see beloved, God’s ways are
not our ways and certainly, His thoughts are way above ours. The Son of God
Jesus said He only does what He sees His Father doing and in this case, it was
no different. What we gather from this account is the simple fact that it is
God’s plan to call and then equip individuals, not the other way around.
So when one is called and given
to the church as a ministry gift, say an apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor
or teacher, that is exactly what they are. Now whether they grow, develop and
mature in their gifting and calling, that is another story and possibly another
topic for another book, who knows?…
( This is an excerpt from the book CONCERNING MINISTRY GIFTS: An Overview)
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