QUIET TIME !!

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WALK WORTHY
Dag Heward-Mills

READ: 1 Kings 8:22-30

...walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, With all lowliness and meekness...
Ephesians 4:1-2

Recently, whilst writing a book, I had a revelation about a great ministry that had gone down from its former glory. The Lord showed me in a flash that those people had not walked in humility when their ministry grew. This church had publicly criticized other ministries and ridiculed ministers from their pulpit. At the peak of their ministry, they would ask people who came from other churches to stand up for cleansing (from the contamination of other ministries).
There are many ways to respond to God’s promotion in ministry. The most important way of walking worthy is to walk in humility. When the Lord gave Solomon the blessing of building a mega temple, he did not praise himself or think more highly of his achievements than he should. He actually demeaned his own achievements. He declared that the temple he had built was nothing. He knew that his great temple was simply a human attempt to do something for the Lord. Notice the prayer of Solomon:
But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built!
1 Kings 8:27, NASB
When you accomplish something for the Lord, you must see it in the right light. You have done nothing! God did not need you or me. It is His grace that makes it possible for us even to be around.

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