Where I am, there shall also my servant be

John 12:26 - If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: 

if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.  

Almost all the people who come to serve in the Lord's Kingdom come to do things, change people, bring people to God etc...  

Because people do not follow instruction well therefore we have many that come to know the Lord by hardly any that remain and become witnesses.  

The word Jesus uses here as 'serve' is the Greek word which comes from the root word Diakonos - which means 'to run on errands'. 

Serving the Lord or working in God's Kingdom does not mean doing things but following instructions. 

Jesus did not do things, but followed instructions as per the Holy Spirit lead Him to do therefore He was called 'Christ'. 

The God factor manifested in Him in every task that He did.  Therefore the request to us 'is anyone willing to follow instructions then God will do glorious things through you, like He did with Me'.  

With regards to being with Jesus the promise is not immediately. In the future we will be where Jesus currently is. 

When Jesus was man then too the statement held true (indicating the manifestation of Christ in us) and even now that Jesus has ascended to Heaven, the statement still holds true (indicates when the sheep of God will enter Heaven).  

[Prayer] 

Lord God, You came as man to show us the way. You set Yourself as an example for all mankind to follow. You humbled Yourself as mere man with all the weaknesses of man, yet no sin was found in You. 

The Resurrection Power which worked in You as You walked this land, help us also the walk in that same Resurrection Power today. Holy Spirit speak to your people that they may follow You so that the glory on God manifest on all of this earth...  

We make this prayer in Jesus’ Name, Amen.  

[Reference Scriptures] 

Matthew 7:21-27 

21   Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 

22  Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 

23  And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 

24  Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 

25  And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 

26  And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 

27  And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.  

Philippians 3:10-12 

10  That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; 

11  If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. 

12  Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.  

Romans 1:3-4 

3  Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; 

4  And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

Where are the Christians?

Hebrew 10:35-38 [NIV] - So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. For in just a very little while,   “He who is coming will come and will not delay. But my righteous one will live by faith. And if he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with him.”   

I have heard on a couple of occasions from non believers: how come there's so many types of Christians? Do the differences between us Christians happen because we do not want to sit down and study the scriptures together until we come to one understanding about the differences? 

Why do not we have people like Moses, Joshua, Elijah, Isaiah, Ezekiel etc - who would shake the nations with their presence?  Today, people are satisfied with a God Who does small wonders, Who heals their bodies and solves their financial problems. 

They do not want to testify to a God Whom the whole will stand in awe of and bend their knees too.  Why do we need to plead people to come to the Lord? 

Why can not we manifest the power of God within us, that the people know that our God alone is God. If we are not root in true faith and have the knowledge of God within us then where is that power going to come from?  

The Lord had given us a promise where He would use me to make such mighty people out of those whom He has called to work in His Kingdom. 

It is high time for the world to see some real Christians.   

[Prayer] 

Father God, You are God almighty. The Heavens and all creation bows to You. In your Breathe the whole of creation was made. The world is your foot stool and man is like a mere worm compared to You. Yet You went out of the way for us and called us to be your sons, to inherit from You. Lord God open the minds of your people especially those whom You have called to serve in your vineyard...  

We make this prayer in Jesus' Name, Amen.   

[Reference Scriptures] 

Matthew 22:29 29  

Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.  

Luke 4:14 14  

 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.  

Acts 4:32-35 

32  And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. 

33  And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. 

34  Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, 

35  And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.  

Revelations 15:1-4 

1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. 

2  And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. 

3  And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. 

4  Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.  

John 1:12-13 

12  But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 

13  Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.  

Romans 8:16-23 

16  The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 

17   And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. 

18  For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 

19  For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. 

20  For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, 

21  Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 

22  For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. 

23  And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

Baptism of water

John 1:28,29 - These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.  

There are some topics which cause a storm even today among believers and which we need to soon of later come to one understanding. 

Some of them are about cmreation (about Genesis 1 and 2), Sabbath Day, Bread or Comunion, after dead where people go and another one to the list is Baptism.  

What I learnt from the Bible about baptism is that starting with Noah (floods), Abraham (circumcision), Moses (Red sea and pillar of cloud) and John the Baptist (baptism of repentance), all had a different type of baptism which was perfected in Jesus Christ. 

Each one took one step towards baptism in Jesus Christ.  Baptize comes from the Greek word 'Bapto' which means 'to dip'. 

So people make it a point that baptism of water requires the person to be immersed in water. 

We also have the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, in this case where do we immerse ourselves?  Water in baptism of water is like the rings which are exchanged between the bride and groom during marriage. 

In some marriages they do not use rings then is that marriage not valid? Does the ring define the marriage?  

People also think water baptism is only for sinners then by that definition our salvation is made invalid, for Jesus took water baptism. 

If He had even one sin in Him our salvation is lost.  People need to really understand baptism and the different kinds of baptism. 

It is like one needs to know what marriage means and one's commitment to each other in marriage or learn over a period of time via mistakes.  

You will notice in the scriptures although Jesus got Himself baptized in water by John, He Himself did not baptize anyone with water nor did He stop His disciples to do so, even though He always maintains that without baptism of water and Spirit one could not go to Heaven.  

The Bible talks of water baptism, baptism of the Holy Spirit and baptism of fire. People add to this list Jesus' baptism of sorrow; I would also point to Paul' baptism of humility, Abraham’ baptism of faith, Moses’ baptism of authority, Job' baptism of righteousness etc. to that list.  

Paul was the main instrument with doing away with circumcision of the male reproductive organ and said circumcision of heart was important. The circumcision of heart is to done by both males and females not just males.  

To have true relationship with the Lamb of God, let us ponder and pursue the true understanding. Unless we not understand all the baptisms in spirit and truth, we will learn through mistakes and experiences.   

[Prayer Starter] 

Father God, You are Spirit and your Kingdom is Spiritual. 

The body dies but the spirit lives, therefore it is written that You are God of the living not of the dead. 

Lord, by your Spirit reveal to your people the truth that they may have a better relationship with You...  

We make this prayer in Jesus' Name, Amen.   

God does not burden you

Revelation 2:25 - But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.

Our God is the most tolerant and understanding God. He does not burden us more than what we can take. Over the years from the time of Noah He has been revealing His Word slowly by slowly unto Man. Understand the basics - the Word of God is instructions to man to receive his salvation and come back unto God. Therefore is also called the Book of Instructions.

All the instructions needed are already written, starting from Job (he was the grand uncle of Moses and grandson to Jacob) right up to John (Book of Revelation). So much so that God even warned with serious consequences to anyone modifying anything from His Book. When John wrote the last words in his book there were meant not only for his book but for the whole Book (Bible means book).

Knowing the tendency of human mind, God put counter checks in His Word so that any matter of dispute can be reconfirmed not only once, twice but thrice. The Word of God also has checks in-build into it to expose modifications to the genuine inspired Word.

God could have thrown the whole set of instructions unto Adam in the start, but God knew that man's heart would not be able to take it. It was through experience (the hard way) that man would slowly by slowly be able to keep His Word and be saved. Therefore even Jesus did not unfold everything to all minds; He spoke in parables so that the grace and wisdom of God would slowly unfold the knowledge of God. Even today we are yet to churn out every drop of the parable which Jesus spoke about more than 2000 years before.

As God unfolds His Word unto us, He expects us to keep that Word. He will not hold against us what He has not revealed unto us but only that which He has. That does not mean if I do not study the Word I do not have to worry. To this I have two things to say. Firstly if we do not study the Word
and keep it then God may teach us the Word from real life experiences. Now tell me who would like to experience what the Israelites experienced in the desert? The second fact is deliberately not studying the Word is like rejecting the Word. It is also rejecting the prosperity which God
wants to give us in Heaven and here on earth.

So today, let us hold fast what God has revealed to us up to yesterday; and tomorrow, all that we learnt up to today.

[Prayer]
Lord God, You are a merciful Father. You love us and understand us, even when we are far from You. Lord, as You reveal your Word unto us help us hold on to the grace You have given us, that we may keep your Word to the end of our days...

We make this prayer in Jesus' Name, Amen.


[Reference Scriptures]
Exodus 1:1-4
1 Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Genesis 46:13
13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.

Exodus 2:1-2 (Moses' birth)
1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.

Revelation 22:18-19
18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this
book.