GIFTS AND CALLINGS
GIFTS AND CALLINGS
Series: Building The House Of The Lord
Gifting without use does not amount to anything. If we don’t exercise ourselves in the area of our callings, we won’t amount to anything.
There are things that God will give us that will not manifest until we start acknowledging them. We need to first know the things that God deposited in us.
Many times, resources follow revelation; revelation has the capacity to pull resources.
When God releases a particular revelation regarding building, it has the power to pull the required resources; not because you did anything but because you exposed yourself to the revelation of God.
It was when David made the decision to build that he began to go to the nations. He extended the kingdom to Euphrates. The revelation of the building that David received was what made him great. There was a revelation that David received concerning the house of God with which he was able to pull resources. There is a revelation that God is releasing that will pull resources into the Kingdom.
The children of Israel had to believe that God had given them favour before asking their bosses for gold and precious things, while they were in Egypt. They were slaves, but they were able to plunder Egypt. The resources they got, they didn’t even use in the wilderness. But when God gave Moses the revelation of the tabernacle, there was more than enough to build it. In fact, Moses had to tell the people to stop giving.
Exodus 31:2-10,
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2 “See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills— 4 to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, 5 to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts. 6 Moreover, I have appointed Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, to help him. Also I have given ability to all the skilled workers to make everything I have commanded you: 7 the tent of meeting, the ark of the covenant law with the atonement cover on it, and all the other furnishings of the tent— 8 the table and its articles, the pure gold lampstand and all its accessories, the altar of incense, 9 the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, the basin with its stand— 10 and also the woven garments, both the sacred garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons when they serve as priests, “
He released something, a new resources into Aholiab and Bezalel to begin to take hold of the revelation.
32 For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.
33 Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and[a] knowledge of God!
How unsearchable his judgments,
and his paths beyond tracing out!
34 “Who has known the mind of the Lord?
Or who has been his counselor?” (NIV)
Romans 12:1
“Therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your spiritual worship.”
The difference between prophets or prophetic people and everyone else is the renewal of mind. Isaiah saw the king[throne], it took renewal of mind for Isaiah to be able to talk about Isaiah 6 and Isaiah 53. It took a renewal of mind to be able to see the temple that is going to be built in the age to come.
If we will go far with the Lord, continuous renewal of mind is necessary. Without our minds being renewed constantly, we would not be unable to go to certain places with God.
The gifts that have been given to us are supposed to be for the purposes of God. It is in the place of acknowledgement that the gifts produce. Remember the parable of the talents. He gave one servant 5 talents, another one he gave 3 and to the last he gave 1.
The one that received 5 produced another extra 5, and the Master made him lord over 10 cities. The one that received only 1 refused to acknowledge the talent. In doing that, he put a distance between himself and the gifting.
Philemon 1:6.
I pray that your partnership with us in the faith may be effective in deepening your understanding of every good thing we share for the sake of Christ (NIV)
Many times, because we don’t acknowledge what GOD has given, we don’t receive the strategies on how to use it. Often, the strategy to become more is not released, because we do not acknowledge sufficiently what has been given.
David acknowledged the catapult in his hand, then he began to receive the strategy to take down Goliath. Centreport is a people called by the Lord. If we acknowledge it sufficiently, we will begin to think on a different wavelength.
Have we sufficiently acknowledged the power that is at work in us?
You must acknowledge sufficiently that you have what the Lord says He has given you. Keep acknowledging it to the point that when the door opens, it can never be shut again. If we acknowledge the giftings in our lives sufficiently, we will begin to see their manifestation.
Before the miracle happens, acknowledge it is done. If God has given you the grace to heal people, start acknowledging to the point that you heal thousands. Say, “the Spirit of God is upon me!” Let the earth know and the heaven hear you acknowledging what is in you.
If you refuse to acknowledge what God has put in you, nobody will do it for you.
You must place a demand on that gifting in you. It is the person who decides he wants to do something, relying on God, that can do it.
You acknowledge something first, strategy comes second and then victory becomes easy. Begin to ask God to show you what you need to acknowledge in this season. God has said people in CentrePort will do business in deep waters. You must acknowledge that the thing in your hand is powerful: money in your hands is powerful, social media in your hands is powerful. When that has taken hold of your heart, you will begin to take places.
Acknowledge who God has made you, acknowledge that the holy ghost is mighty in you, acknowledge that we are large, that this place is too small for us
When you acknowledge sufficiently the giftings, promises, and promotions the Lord has given you, the strategy begins to come, then you begin to see the provisions.
Isaaih 50:4 The prophet here is acknowledging that he has been given the tongue if the learned, saying he knows how to speak a word in season to him that is weary.
Vs 6- 7 The strategy
Because he knows he will not be disgraced at the end.
God is giving us a chance to leap over things because we acknowledge those things, acknowledge sufficiently enough, and see things begin to bud, just begin to sufficiently acknowledge.
Acknowledge that you know what needs to be done, you are not ordinary, acknowledge the treasures God has given you, acknowledge them, you will not be ashamed. The end of it is that you will not be ashamed.
As you acknowledge you begin to find out you are coming into authority, you begin to come into the giftings of God.