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A
Journey In The
Wilderness
From Page 17, All of
God's Great Men Were Prepared
All of the
great men of the Bible were prepared for their ministry by God. These
men were quite ordinary before God did His work of preparation. Most of
them had obvious character flaws which God healed and strengthened so
that their weakness became their greatest strength. When we worship
Jesus and the Father in Heaven for all eternity, it will be in part
because of His masterful redemption of His beloved Bride. We will
overcome enemies much stronger than ourselves because of His
“fathering” in our life. We think that when we meet Moses
or King David or the Apostle Paul in Heaven, we will be in awe of their
exploits, but we have the same God as they do, and He has not changed.
They were just as broken and weak as we are, yet God caused them to
conquer their enemies. This is one of the most important messages of
the Bible. God can do powerful things with anyone who is surrendered to
Him. In this season of restoration and glorification of the Church, we
can expect that God will sanctify his prophets, teachers, apostles,
evangelists and pastors. He will strengthen them so that the Devil will
have nothing in which to gain a foothold in their life. He will armor
them with righteousness and cause them to overcome the Flesh, the
world, and the Devil. Scripture chronicles some of the
patriarchs’ journey with God. Those journeys reveal some of the
ways God prepares His people for their ministry. Their lives have
become examples for our own personal preparation for ministry.
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