Can God use me?

Can God use me?

Today, my wife Leslie and I had the privilege to anoint and commission another marketplace minister who was recently promoted to President at National City Bank with jurisdiction over some 1200 employees and gobs of financial assets and responsibility. As we prayed in his new offices in Akron he made it abundantly clear that without the Lord there was no way he could step into this new role. So, he simply made himself available, invited the Lord to take His rightful place over him and in the functions he would have. We anointed his office and made several declarations of being available for the fact that God was going to use him in wonderful ways in the days to come.

Well...God is going to use you in a wonderful way. Get ready. There is a unique, powerful, and essential calling upon you and your ministry. You have a ministry and God wants to use you. God is initiating a final thrust of grace and mercy toward each of us as we look for His return and Kingdom fulfillment here on earth.

I have long shared that the keys to fulfillment in Christ boil down to Identity, knowing who you are - Lordship, knowing whose in charge; and purpose, fulfilling God’s calling upon my life.

The keys always point back to the King and the Kingdom.

"But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." Matt.6:33

The way of the Lord is the Kingdom. The Kingdom of God is revealed in us. The will of God must be done on earth, so that The Kingdom of God will come, be released and demonstrated everywhere. The Lord isn’t building the church – local, He is building the Church that will receive the keys to the Kingdom. And so, our view, our perspective must change and we must see ourselves as a part of this great Transformation process. When this happens, we won’t have to worry about protecting against (since the Lord said, the gates of Hell shall not prevail here), but partnering with each other and with what the Lord is already at work doing. Isn't that essentially what the Lord did in Luke 10 when He sent out the 70?

God the Father has always wanted to establish a Kingdom of Priests and Kings to rule and reign with the same heart as He has. With great compassion, serving others, building them up and establishing them in relationship with the Father and each other.

As the Lord continues to establish you and show you the simplicity of serving Him in the marketplace hold on to these promises;

1. Remember, you didn’t choose God – God choose you. (John 15:16)
2. Engage with the Lord daily. (Matt. 7:7-11, Ps. 105:4)
3. Invite Him, As you do – He will establish His presence in your midst, wherever that might be.
4. Ask Him, As you do – He will do anything according to His will as asked in His name. (John 14:13, Matt. 18:19)
5. Call upon Him, As you do – He will tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. He will speak to you and you will hear His voice. (Jer. 33:2,3)
6. Acknowledge the fact that you don’t have what it takes to accomplish all this for the Lord. Remember, Jesus said – ‘Apart from Me, you can do nothing.’


Let me close this Marketplace focus by sharing a quote from Oswald Chambers,

“The Spiritual manifests itself in the life that knows no division between sacred and secular.”

May it be in all of our lives - that we would have no seperation except unto the Lord.