KEY SCRIPTURE: JOHN 13:20. “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.”

 The Lord is saying by our key scripture that everyone He sends represents Him. Whatever treatment given to you is indirectly or directly given to Him. In Acts 9:4, the Lord met Saul on the Damascus Road and asked “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” Saul, who later was named Paul, was persecuting the Christian’s, yet the Lord said you are persecuting me.

  The believer has an inseparable union or oneness with our master Jesus, which should influence all that we do for Him. It is rather unfortunate to find a servant of God or a preacher of the gospel who does all kinds of mischievous things because times are hard, and he must survive. Some even go as far as contacting other beggarly gods, mallams to receive power. It is due to a lack of understanding of who they are. You are a representative of the monarch of the universe. You must not allow the challenging situation you find yourself to dictate your behaviour. The servant of God must always act as a representative of the greatest one of the universe.

  When a servant of God loses the fact that he or she is a representative of God, that is where he or she begins to fail. I believe no envoy of any country in another nation loses the thought that he is a representative of his home country. He acts and functions in dignity, knowing he has the full backing of his motherland. His interest and success in the place of work is the concern of his home country. If our earthly nations have such protocols, how much more the heavenly kingdom.

 2nd Corinthians 5:20 says” Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us, we pray in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.” The apostle Paul knew that as the ambassador of Christ, he acts in Christ’ stead. He speaks on behalf of Christ. He knows Christ will always honour his word.

 Dear servant of God, according to the scriptures God has sent you and you must be bold to speak for him. Never act as if you are on your own. Our Lord Jesus spoke in God’s stead, and the father always honoured His words.

 God wants His glory to be seen and only waiting for the right channels to deliver His power. Those who do not speak for Him are not His channels, only those who know He is with them.

THOUGHT:  GOD DELIGHTS GREATLY IN THOSE WHO KNOW HE IS WITH THEM AND ACTS LIKEWISE.

FURTHER STUDIES:

Matthew 10:40” He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.”

John 14:18” I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.”