For Who By Himself?

1 Kings 3:9  "Give me an understanding heart so that I can govern your people well and know the difference between right and wrong. For who by himself is able to govern this great people of yours?"

Today I posted an update on Twitter which said "If I had everything I needed to complete the Task then I can say 'Yes I did it!' But if I don't have anything then I can say 'Yes God did it!'" Minutes later I came across this scripture in my devotion and was reminded by the Holy Spirit that I desperately need Him! We desperately need Him! "For who by himself is able to govern this great people of yours?"

Pastors! Leaders! People in authority! We need to remember that we can't do it on our own. We can try and even become successful in the worlds viewpoint. We can hand out thousands of fliers or mailers.  We can even have huge events with major bands and the top games for kids.  And yes the church will grow in numbers; everybody loves free stuff. The bible even says, "The poor man is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich has many friends" (Proverbs 14:20). Spiritual success can only come from the Spirit and we need his guidance and direction in order to successfully lead people, His Great people!

The Unfinished Job

1 Chronicles 27:24 "Joab son of Zeruiah began the census but never finished it because the anger of God fell on Israel. The total number was never recorded in King David's official records."

 Have you ever started something, but never finished? Kind of like those projects you would do in school and you had til the end of class to finish and since you were trying so hard to do your best you ran out of time? Or like those cooking shows, where each person has to bake something in a certain amount of time and some people just didn't finish.  Yeah, I think we've all been there.

Where are the True Levites?

1 Chronicles 23:32 "And so, under the supervision of the priests, the Levites watched over the Tabernacle and the Temple and faithfully carried out their duties of service at the house of the LORD."

Fancy that!

Lesson learned from the Levites! Volunteers that were not only under supervision but faithfully carried out their duties. 

Many people want to be volunteers, or have good intentions to, but struggle with the submission of supervision.  Hahaha I like that word "supervision", the whole reason why you have a supervisor is because they have the SUPER-VISION, and they want to make sure you help meet it! Submission means that you are the Substitute for fulfilling the Mission at hand and so many fail to fulfill the mission, fail to submit!