Growing in Strength by Pam Clark

By Pam Clark
There have been many older saints who have gone on to Glory, and therefore new ministers are being raised up. Many have been in the works for years, often mentoring under others, and then are tested by the Holy Spirit for that leadership. And honestly, every one of those ministers (aka, you!) are needed, because not just America is in a hard place. Not only is a big shifting going on in leadership, but God is seeking to advance us as a Body! If you don't feel a kinship to other leadership, you are not ready for your own leadership yet. Not only do we need to go wider, but we also need to go deeper. We can stay in the shallow end and get moved easily, or we can go deeper with the greater skills and understandings and be a part of the fortress.
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There have been many older saints who have gone on to Glory, and therefore new ministers are being raised up. Many have been in the works for years, often mentoring under others, and then are tested by the Holy Spirit for that leadership. And honestly, every one of those ministers (aka, you!) are needed, because not just America is in a hard place.
 
Not only is a big shifting going on in leadership, but God is seeking to advance us as a Body! If you don't feel a kinship to other leadership, you are not ready for your own leadership yet. Not only do we need to go wider, but we also need to go deeper. We can stay in the shallow end and get moved easily, or we can go deeper with the greater skills and understandings and be a part of the fortress.
 
Not everyone has the exact same calling. We can see ones we like and/or aspire to be like, or we can just appreciate those who bless and help us. Some have asked God how to support those in the ways that we can, and some have not. If there is not an interaction where joints supply, the bonds are not that close! This is not just about finances, (but includes that part that is needed), but it is prayer that seeks to bless in gratitude what the Lord has provided through like-kind human servants.
 
The different gifts supply in different ways and leaders need to be careful that they don't see that "supply" as only finances! More things than we realize are decisions being made by the Holy Spirit for the benefit of the WHOLE body, and that means a wholeness in the Spirit!
 
That means also to not hold in low esteem the differing gifts but discern what the Spirit is saying. Some have advanced in their gifts and some have not and some will be blooming before the rest of the garden has come up! If you really are a leader, you will be seeking the Lord on how to tend that garden!
 
You don't have to have all the answers all at once, but you do need to know how to stop and get ready to go to the Lord in prayer to ask about things. You are not advancing and developing in just the small things, but in depths and quality of Spirit too! You need to know how to tell people "Wait while I seek the Lord about that."  Make your calling and election sure and do not be ashamed!
 
Many in their young zeal say, "Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!" and the devil will say that too when he wants you to overlook some things. We are in a war game for the right spirits and every instruction is needed.  Much is at stake.  The government is not all on your shoulders, but His. God is governing men and angels!
 
God is Fulfilling a Plan from the Least to the Greatest
 
If you act like you are the only one who "hears" or "discerns" it all, then you put those who follow and trust in you at risk. There always needs to be input from other sources and places where God is at work because God is the God of the Universe. And He is fulfilling a plan from the least things to the greater.
 
He says do not despise small beginnings because He honors the small as He honors everything that makes it the whole and He wants to keep it whole!  Just like a plant or a baby, we don't see a lot of the phases of development at first and then later we do. When God expands, He wants to grow deeper and wider and healthy. He continually aims for the greater things. We go through transitions and metamorphoses. That is His glory!
 
Our blessing is when we start seeing as Jesus sees! Maturing is a battle of the flesh and it can be pretty strong. But when you know that JESUS wins, you see His Glory and have confidence that He is working it in you!
 
We may "specialize" in some areas, but seeing Him, beholding Him, is embracing all of Him and it comes through prayer to Him and time with Him. You learn that it's not a contest, but a relationship of encounters.  
 
He is Big, not tiny. So there is width, height, and depths and breadths! You know you are going in His directions when you hear His Spirit and want nothing else.
 
When Jesus is bigger than you/we are and not an addendum, HE is winning! And that is our best life. Your gift ministry will speak. And when HE speaks, you see the Giver of the gift!  Oh to understand this is a big deal!
 
The deeper you go into truth, the stronger you become. Then it is not about "others" as much as it is about you and Him, and there you can be selfish in wanting more.  Greater vision is when you see as He sees!  More and more you can see the bigger Picture! (Prophets get excited here because they are seers who help impart  "the gift of seeing.")
 
Pastors are good at wanting good care for people, if they are true pastors. When others get that care, especially with their helps, they feel good and satisfied. When you want both, vision and a good place inside of you, you are doing real good!  It is greater vision, and in God there is even more!!! You will want the teachers to ground them.  Evangelists and apostles also want to see growth for the Body.
 
See, even prophets need the other gifts.  But not at the expense of losing their gift. All the gifts are given by God, as well as the other supporting gifts that show God's amazing Love. We have to learn how to fit.
 
Every Joint Supplies
 
The Kingdom moves forward but not just in a straight line through one gift, but in an explosion of five (or more) as He sees fit. When you start to see that, it can be great fun!  But people have to find and believe in them, and then be equipped in their gifts!  (Ephesians 4, 1 Corinthians 12)
 
When the Body believes and comes together and FITS together, then we are making progress that will be seen in the earth, because we empower each other through Him.  Every joint supplies!
 
When we move in several directions outward at the same time, we employ His Presence! It's because we gather and agree in right doctrine. Someone has and had to teach it, and then example how we do it.  When the Spirit is welcomed and intensifies in the unity, then He draws people because Jesus is lifted up!  People will sense a place for them!
 
People are drawn in, but they must be equipped too, which is why each person must be functional in their gifts. Tragically, many people abort the children of their work! This is a true crisis. When we honor all the gifts, and respect them, the Body will become more healthy and vibrant in their presence in the earth.
 
We must know the purposes of Jesus and then how He accomplished and still is accomplishing it. Leaders are required to know this. Jesus came to earth on a mission and He imparted.  He taught and He explained.  He gave ministry gifts to men in the anointing (Ephesians 4), and then He did supernatural signs and wonders, for certain purposes! Not just for a show. Every gift should carry its respect because it comes from Him.
 
When you see and discern all that, you can follow HIM in leadership. Then you want and are ready for the greater portion! Today the Spirit is saying learn and know your gifts and help others to know what it takes.
 
You learn all this with the Word and the Spirit. We learn to test and to know, and then we obey the Holy Spirit's guidance to us who believe. You can't defeat an equipped Army!
 
Pam Clark
 

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