Focus: Working for the King

Text: 1Cor.7:20

"Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called."

No calling from God is cheap. No calling by God is common. Every calling is unique, whatever it is you have been called to do. To be called by God for any job or role at all in God's kingdom is a matter of great honor. It is indeed the highest privilege in the universe.

In Phil.3:14, it is termed "the high calling." In 1Tim.1:9, it is "the holy calling," and in Heb.3:1, it is "the heavenly calling." Also, in Eph.1:18 and 4:4, hope is attached to our calling.

The calling of God is no light matter. In 1Chron.4:23, we read: "These were POTTERS, and those that DWELT among plants and hedges: there they DWELT with the KING for HIS WORK." These are potters and gardeners from Judah's tribe, those we may regard as menial workers. They work with the clay, make hedges, and plant gardens. These gardeners attend to and spend time with the plants even at odd hours. The potters dirty their hands with clay. They work hard and creatively in making something out of nothing. Most importantly, they are working for the king. They are doing the king's work, and for that, they live with the king in his palace.

What has God called you to do? Focus on it. Hear me, no man can do it like you. No one can do it better than you. You may be a janitor or one working behind the scenes, it doesn't matter. What matters is that you are called, chosen and anointed to work for the King of kings and Lord of lords.

Appreciate your calling. Treasure your calling. Whatever you do, do it as unto the Lord. Your skills, talents and abilities are God's gifts to you, and what you make of it is your own gift to Christ, the King.

Focus on your kingdom role. Don't be part of the competition going on in the ministry. Paul says, "For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more" (1Cor.9:19). As far as Paul is concerned, there is no room for pride or for competition. What matters is what God has called you to do - nothing less and nothing more. Paul brings himself down to the lowest place for greater glory. Among the Apostles, he says, "I am the least." Among the saints, he says, "I am the least." And using what is known in grammar as a historical present, he says, "I AM the chief of sinners." By the tempering of the Holy Spirit Paul is always assuming the lowest position for Christ's sake. Let's join Paul and do the same.

There's so much of self-show and the parade of the flesh in the body of Christ today. We seem to have become possessed by the spirit of self-projection and self-assertion. Titles have replaced mantles. So much of carnality and worldliness among God's own people. We have lost focus and moved away from the main thing.

One thing you must know about the flesh is that it is very religious. The flesh can preach and teach and follow all the religious routines, except to worship in spirit and in truth or to be led by the Spirit.

I beg you in the name of Jesus Christ: abide and focus on your calling. Do it with all your might. Do it with pleasure. Do it focusing on King Jesus! Be conscious of the fact that you are dwelling with and working for King Jesus, and there's great reward for every labor in Christ Jesus.

You are working for the King, and that's all that matters. Amen.

by Bishop Moses E. Peter