What is forbidding us from doing the works of the Lord?

Acts 28:30-31 NKJV

Then Paul dwelt two whole years in his own rented house, and received all who came to him, preaching the kingdom of God and teaching the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence, no one forbidding him.

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Shalom! Happy Monday! How's you day as for now? Well you know, no matter how your day is, no matter what kind of situations you are going through, the works of the Lord must progress. Lets pray. Father bless Your Word. As we partake of Your living Word, let it give us the strength to carry out the works, not because of being forced, but because of love. In Jesus name, amen.

What is forbidding us from doing the works of the Lord? Paul, he stayed in his rented house for 2 years and received all who came to him, preaching the kingdom of God and teaching the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence, no one forbidding him. Even he was house prisoned, nothing stopped him from doing the works of God. His determination to preach the gospel, his attitude of not giving is to reasons, his radical actions that produces much fruits. Friends, we must learn something from Paul. I tell you, the persecution, the hardship, the things that are happening now is nothing compared to the days of apostles. When we go through little hardship, we began to waiver. Sometimes i even think whether does the church of God have a clear revelation of what is goinh to happen and what is happening now.

The lack of seriousness in ministry will take us no far. The lack of responsibility will just shattered the trust that God placed in us. The lack of ferventness in spirit will just hold us back and when the second coming of the Lord, the people in this category will be the left overs. Some people just going to church just to warm the seats and never take part in any other activities of the church. Youths especially, it is hard to get their engines start and to bring them to youth fellowships and so on. Are we living in the Word of God? If yes then where is the fruit? Some people go to church because there is a pretty girl or a handsome boy, they will tend to do anything, follow every meetings just to impress him/her and to get into a relationship with him/her. This is wrong! Dead wrong! They are just living what they want and not what God wants.

Paul, he can choose not to go through the difficulties, - being shipwrecked, beaten, prosecuted, persecuted, - yet he choose to do so because he realized of what Jesus did for Him at the Cross of Calvary. Unless we have a revelation of what Jesus has done for us at the Cross, we will continue to live this life just anyhow. No seriousness, just be church seat warmers.

Paul was an ordinary human like us, but what makes him different to us? His heart of servant. Many people want to get into ministry, many want to get into the frontline of the the ministry team, but when asked to come for prayer meeting, or whatever meetings during the weekdays, we find reasons to give. There is no involvement, no sacrifice. For us, we want to do what we want and the ministry comes second. When ministry becomes a burden to us, it is better to consider back whether to do or not to do the ministry. Ministry is not a burdensome thing. Ministry is done through love and out of love. Not with a burdened heart. Paul did not consider the ministry as a burdensome thing. Yet he does it with all his heart with all reverence and love to God and to His people.

There is a song, " if Jesus comes again, will He find faith on earth? What are doing while we are living? Is there faith in our hearts?" Where are we now in doin the things of God? Hineni. Hetoimos.