You are rewarded for what you did with what you were given. Be satisfied with your opportunities and make the most of them. A faithful steward focuses on what he or she has been given to oversee rather than longing for someone else’s calling. You don’t need to live up to someone else’s expectations, simply focus on who FATHER made you to be. HE has set aside full provision for your calling but you have to act based on that calling. If you sit around and do nothing, your reward will be “nothing”. As Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 25:
21 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
We must watch our words for we were made in the image of GOD. Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 12:
35 “When virtue is stored within, the hearts of good and upright people will produce good fruit. But when evil is hidden within, those who are evil will produce evil fruit. 36 You can be sure of this: when the day of judgment comes, everyone will be held accountable for every careless word he has spoken. 37 Your very words will be used as evidence against you, and your words will declare you either innocent or guilty.”
Each of us needs to judge our own words and see if there is something amiss in our hearts. If our words are not promoting Love and kindness, correction is necessary for we are not yet fully walking in THE SPIRIT and have not fully embraced our identity given to us before we were formed in the womb. We have an identity crisis if we lack understanding of FATHER’S Love for us and are not walking in HIS Love. If that is the case, we must change and align ourselves in the purity of HIS Intent. This is done in the spiritual realm first and then it manifests in the physical realm.
Who is the master of the spirit realm? The Holy Spirit WHO dwells inside of you and me. I must rely fully on The Holy Spirit to keep me on track to walk according to FATHER’S perfect plan, will, and purpose for my life. As I pursue this walk daily, I change. The world is sifted out of me and my priorities fully align with FATHER’S priorities.
When you and I yield to The Holy Spirit then we enter into unity with each other. This unity is what is needed to fulfill FATHER’S Divine Intent to bring the Kingdom to earth.
We must get understanding when we hear The Word. Hearing the Word without understanding will not activate the Word in our lives. The Word has many facets of understanding attached to It and I would suggest there are at least seven levels of understanding within each passage we study. I know there are more levels than just the surface understanding so let us pursue a full understanding by dwelling on FATHER’S Word continually. Don’t discard the initial understanding when you pursue a deeper understanding for each level is applicable to our lives.
We need to seek revelation, not just information. Revelation is what changes me whereas information often simply feeds my soul. The soul will take information and attempt to promote superiority over others who do not have the information we possess. When we receive revelation from FATHER, it is intended to be used under the canopy of Agape Love and help others ascend to a higher level.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Philippians chapter 3:
7 Yet all of the accomplishments that I once took credit for, I’ve now forsaken them and I regard it all as nothing compared to the delight of experiencing Jesus Christ as my Lord! 8 To truly know him meant letting go of everything from my past and throwing all my boasting on the garbage heap. It’s all like a pile of manure to me now, so that I may be enriched in the reality of knowing Jesus Christ and embrace him as Lord in all of his greatness.
9 My passion is to be consumed with him and not clinging to my own “righteousness” based in keeping the written Law. My “righteousness” will be his, based on the faithfulness of Jesus Christ—the very righteousness that comes from God. 10 And I continually long to know the wonders of Jesus more fully and to experience the overflowing power of his resurrection working in me. I will be one with him in his sufferings and I will be one with him in his death. 11 Only then will I be able to experience complete oneness with him in his resurrection from the realm of death.
Let us receive the overflowing power of resurrection in our bodies and the oneness with Him will be realized. Our rewards will follow.