SCRIPTURE: Mark (NIV) 13:34 It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with his assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch. 35 “Therefore, keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the cock crows, or at dawn.
OBSERVATION: The owner of the house will temporarily be away. He prepares for his absence by organizing his servants by giving them specific assignments. This caught my attention because I have recently found myself talking about writing the Daily SOAPs as an assignment God has given me.
I did not choose to write SOAPs. It was not something that I read about or heard about and thought “I would like to do that.” When Pastor Dayton asked me to write SOAPs as an example for the congregation, I did not want to do it. But God clearly told me I should do what Pastor Dayton had asked. Now I understand this is God’s assignment for me in the closing years of my earthly life.
Knowing that this is God’s assignment greatly affects my attitude and faith for direction and provision.
APPLICATION: I believe God has assigned tasks for each of His servants. Some are assigned to raise their children to fear and honor Him. Some are assigned to represent Him wherever they live, work, learn, etc. Some are temporary; others are ours for life.
We will all answer to Him for the assignment He has given us. Just a special note: He did not give us our assignment because He knew we could do it. He knows the assignment is too big for our talents. He sent the Holy Spirit to live in us and empower us to fulfill our assignments!
PRAYER: Lord, teach me how to rely on the presence of the Holy Spirit as I fulfill my assignments in my daily life. May I be a channel through which you can easily flow. Amen
Pastor Leon
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