Organizations often extend credentials to recognized ministers.  Such credentials are usually in the form of a signed document or an identification card that are publicly accepted.  Yet, while often diligently sought after, such documents have very limited value.   More importantly, God gives to those servants whom He has called and He has prepared spiritual credentials that are indeed of great value.  Such credentials are the manifestation of the Spirit of the Lord through their lives.  To Moses, a mighty rod was given (Exodus 4:1-5).  To Elisha, the mantle of Elijah was given (II Kings 2:14).  To the first apostles, gifts...

  ​​                 “Behold my servant, whom I uphold; Mine elect, in whom my soul delights . . .”                                Isaiah 42:1   Christ Jesus, as the Son of God, is the beloved Servant of the Father and the only-begotten Son who brings delight to the heart of the Father.     In order to learn, we need an exemplary model - an excellent pattern to follow.   It is indeed Christ Jesus who is that Exemplary Servant who pleased the Father in...

A servant of the Lord is called to do the will of God.  But how can one do God’s will unless first born of the will of God?  (John 1:12-13)   It was when he was born again that Paul then asked of the Lord, “What would you have me to do?”  (Acts 9:5-6)   Only in obedience to God’s will would his ministry as God’s servant be like an arrow hitting the target.  It is in Christ Jesus, the obedient Son, who dwells in us that we also can ask the Lord, “And what would you have me to do?”  (Heb....