Kingdom service is the use of our God given resources like time, strength, talents and finances in promoting the kingdom of God.The Importance of Understanding in Kingdom Service
Psalms 119:125 -I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies (Laws).
Psalms 119:34 – Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Psalms 119:73 -Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
Psalms 119:144 -The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
Psalms 11:3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
Who Is A Servant Of God
A servant of God is NOT necessarily a man in full time ministry e.g. pastor, Bishop etc
It is a man in FULL TIME OBEDIENCE to God and His Word.
Examples
1.Job – Job was a business man
Job 1:8 – And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
2.David – He was a king
Psalms 89: 20 – I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
3.Daniel – He was a captive in a foreign land
Daniel 6:20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?
Kingdom Service Is A Covenant With God:
Exodus 23:25 – 26
And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
26 – There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
Benefits of Kingdom Service
1.Divine Blessings – Exodus 23: 25
2.Divine Health -Exodus 23:25
3.Long life -Exodus 23:26
4.Prosperity – Job 36:11 – If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
5.Honour – 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.
6.Distinction – Malachi 3:18 – Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
7.Fulfillment in life – Mathew 6:33 – But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Areas Of Service
1.Evangelism: John 15:1-2, Mathew 28: 19-20
2.Financial involvement e.g. Tithing Malachi 3: 8-12, various givings Deut 16:16
3.Church Involvement – Join any service group and be a member of the cell in your local area.
Acceptable Kingdom Service
1.Serve willingly and joyfully –
Deut 28:47-48 – Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
48 – Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
2.Serve God faithfully – 1Cor 4:2 – Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
3.Not eye service. Ephesians 6:6 – Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart!
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