standing in God's council

God sends His word to accomplish His purpose. If we are faithful, we share His word so that God’s purposes can be fulfilled. It is a trust on God’s part to give the word to His servants, and we do well to handle His trust, and His word with care. For God’s word is valuable and holds life eternal.

God tests His servants, to see if they are trustworthy. He watches to see if we feed our fellow servants their portion in due time. God’s portion for each man is measured, accurate, and good. The spiritual food He sends onto the earth comes through His servants and to their fellow servants in the season God purposes, and for the reasons God purposes, for He is building a Kingdom.

The testing comes upon those entrusted with handling of God’s word to see if they grow impatient, or pre-eminent. If a man seeks a place of pre-eminence amongst those with ministries, he will fail in the purposes of God. He will not know the seasons of God’s timing, nor the understanding of God’s words, for he has not stood in God’s council (Jer 23:18-22). This man will be found to seek information for the importance of what he knows and can share, and not that his motives are pure before the Lord. It is a difficult thing for some to remain silent when others have words of God to share, and it takes a humble man to set his own thoughts aside and wait for the valuable words of the Lord. It takes a wise man to wait for the exceedingly valuable peek into the heart of God.

If a man will stand in the council of God he will hear God’s heart-beat for His people. That man will reprove his brother who is in sin, and will not strengthen those who are deceived. The man who hears God’s heart-beat will put God’s issues at the forefront of his mind, and will set his own importance at naught. He will not steal God’s platform for his own purposes, neither will he mix the two.

Yet there are men that mix God’s purposes with their own, who take occasion to further themselves with their own speculations so that they might have something to say. They ruin the listeners with their own words, and the ground is saturated with their dew, so much so that it cannot receive the pure Word from heaven. God is inviting all His servants to come, stand in His council once again. Be washed of all pre-eminence and patiently receive the Word that brings eternal life. Amen.