The Career Mandate

The Career Mandate

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Each one of us has a career mandate

You have a career mandate. Did you know that? Let me guide you through Scripture to show you what this mandate is about. First, let us start with the most obvious. Is there a difference between a human being and an animal? 

No matter how “human” an animal looks like, they won’t be able to write this book, not in a million years. Our intelligence, creative capacities, and dynamic nature set us apart from animals. 

No other creature has these debates because we are worlds apart from the nearest looking human being in terms of intellect and creative capacity. This is what the bible calls the image and the likeness of God. The Bible tells us that we were created in the image and likeness of God. We are God-like beings.  

Some passages will call you a God because you are His offspring. Your spirit came from Him. Your body was made from the dust. According to Scripture, although your body was made from dust, it was only through God breathing into Adam’s nostril that man became a living soul.  

Image & Likeness

It’s not our nose that makes us like God. It’s not our hair. It is our unlimited creative capacity. Our creativity makes us unlike anything else in the world.  

The first chapter of the first book in the Bible opens with this, “In the beginning, God created….” How does God introduce Himself to us? At work. What clothes was God wearing when He introduced Himself to us? Working clothes. He is working on a plan to materialize His own idea in six days, representing stages. 

How do you represent yourself?

God has introduced Himself to you. Let’s focus on that. The opening chapter of Genesis is like God saying, “This is my introduction. This is how I want you to think of me.”  

When you introduce yourself, you’re telling someone how to think of you. “I’m introducing myself to you in work clothes.” He’s Almighty. He does not have to spend six days on anything. He could say, “That’s all there.”  

But He did that for us. He did that so that it could make sense to us. God was doing something foundational for us. God created the world and everything in it to show us something. It is like God saying, “No, we’re going to stage this out. We’ve got a plan. First things first. We will do what we have got to do in the first stage, then we review the first stage, and God saw everything he did and said, ‘It is good. Okay, now the first stage is good. We can move to the second stage.’” 

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Prevent Contamination

Salt can lose its saltiness

Jesus gave us a warning:  “But if the salt loses its taste, how would its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trodden underfoot by men.”  This is not to say that we lose our salvation. Instead, he said, we can lose our saltiness. We can lose our purpose. When salt is contaminated, it becomes corrosive and poisonous. 

When salt is contaminated, it cannot even be used as fertilizer in the field. It needs to be thrown out on the road. The question here is, are you preventing moral decay, or are you allowing it to continue in your workplace? Worse, are you producing or speeding up the moral decay in your office? 

Allowing apathy, disobedience, carelessness, and indifference to rule our lives, especially our work lifestyles, causes us to eliminate our saltiness. There is a need for us to realize our roles so that we do not lose the purpose for which we are called. Let us not miss the primary purpose by which we are placed in the position we are placed in. We are in the companies or businesses we are in so we can be the salt in that company or business. Do not miss the point. Let us not lose our saltiness. 

Does your light shine bright?

Jesus also called us the “light of the world” (Matthew 5:14). As the “salt,” we counteract the power of sin. On the other hand, as the “light,” we illuminate where we are. When a place is illuminated, darkness ceases to exist. Whatever exists in darkness—the rulers, authorities, and powers—cannot survive in the light. 

Our lives and this widely includes our work lives, must testify to the reality of Christ’s presence. The light we possess is not our own. It reflects the Light of the World, Jesus Christ Himself.  

As Insiders, we represent Jesus. We are his agents in the world. We cannot reflect Christ’s light if we are not in contact with Christ when it comes to our day-to-day lives. The problem most Christians have is they compartmentalize. Jesus belongs in the Sunday and Church drawer. Thus, he cannot touch the Mondays to Saturdays—Work-Fun drawers. When this happens, when Jesus is not Lord over all of our lives, we fail to reflect His light into every area of our lives.  

Theology of Separation

We are taught a theology of separation. We separate our careers from our faith. Most of us struggle with the idea that our careers are in fact, our ministries. These careers we hold directly serve the interests of heaven on earth. However, we miss this point when we separate Career and God from each other.  

Most people say, “If only they were in full-time ministry” with the church then, they can help advance its mission. They see their jobs as a measure to pay their bills or get ahead in life. We can understand that God has placed us primarily in our workplaces to be His agents, His access, and His advert in the system. 

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The Salt and the Light

A Command for Believers

Jesus declared that those who follow him are the “salt” and the “light” of the world. These were not suggestions. These were not options. Jesus did not say, “You can be the salt” or “you have to potential to be the salt.” He is talking about your very being. Christ was describing your nature as a believer living in the world. He said you are the salt and the light. 

We cannot underestimate the value of salt. In the ancient world, the context by which Jesus used the term “salt” metaphorically refers to Roman soldiers who received their wages in salt. The Greeks even considered salt to be divine. God required all offerings presented by the Israelites to contain salt under the Mosaic Law (Leviticus 2:13).  

When Jesus called the disciples to be the salt of the earth in Matthew 5:13, they understood the metaphor. They understood their job description as Insiders. Did you know that salt was not readily available in the modern world during that time? In the same way, what you offer as believers is not readily available in your industries. 

The Distinction of Salt

What are the characteristics of the salt that caused Jesus to use this symbol? Salt preserves food. Before people created the refrigerator, they used salt to keep food in ancient times.  

Salt had a property that stopped decay. The disciples were aware of the value of salt. Without salt, the fish they had caught will spoil quickly. They needed to pack it in salt to preserve it. Jesus intended you to work as an Insider in the industry you are in to stop the moral decay in the sin-infected world of that area.  

Salt needs to be lavished on the food to be preserved to stop the decay of this food. Salt, as a preservative, is only helpful if applied to meet that is riding. If you place to fish in one container and salt in another, the salt cannot preserve the fish. We see the pattern here, don’t we?  

Insiders

We see that Jesus intended for us to be Insiders. There needs to be close contact between the believer and the world to impact the world and prevent moral decay. Moreover, the spiritual health and strength of the Christian are to counteract the corruption in the system. As Christians, we were never intended to exist in our own “holy” bubble until the time when Jesus came again. Therefore, we are called to be the salt of the earth. 

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The System of the World

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The System of the World

It’s all about systems

The city has a system. It is a mechanism that is made up of parts and components. It has culture and subcultures. Reaching a city means that you have a presence in every aspect of the city.  It does not necessarily mean that you have to be the most significant influence, but you need to have an impact in every area of the world. 

The Great Commission is about evangelism in the world. In the same way, the Great Commission is meant to be an “inside job” that starts with courageous believers going into the world. In this respect, we have to be in it to win it. We have to be in every area of society, every industry, and every aspect if we want to fulfill the call of the Great Commission truly. 

 At the end of the day, fulfilling this call is what we are here for. If we were not here for that purpose, we should have gone to heaven the moment we accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior. We have a purposeful God. We are here on earth because we still have a purpose of serving.  

You cannot win a world for Christ if you are not a part of it. An outsider cannot beat the system. An outsider does not have enough influence to be able to win the system. You have to be in the system in order to establish a stronghold over it.  

Reflection

  1. Describe the rulers, authorities, and powers that exist in the darkness of your workplace. 
  1. How are you being the salt in that office or business? 
  1. How are you being the light in the industry?  

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Close Combat

Let’s go back to the verse from Ephesians 6:12.

12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. (KJV)

Paul mentions a match between us and great powers. He describes a wrestling match between our enemies in the world and us and that of the spiritual realm. Wrestling involves skin-to-skin combat. It depicts close combat with your opponent. You cannot wrestle with another person by being a hundred feet apart. The most space you can have for a wrestling match is a circle that is 42 inches in diameter.  

To wrestle, you have to enter the arena. You have to be in the same wrestling circle. You cannot wrestle with an opponent unless you are where the opponent is.  

On the court or on the sidelines

Aryou’rein the same arena? Perhaps you’re scared to even be a spectator. What power would Christians have if we are on the sidelines? A lot of Christian are afraid to be judged as “unholy” or “ungodly” that they isolate themselves from the rest of the world. The world that they need to influence sees them as rigid or weird. They neglect to engage with the lost because they refuse to get into the arena.

The reason why your presence is needed in your workplace is that it is hidden in darkness. The only way by which the darkness in your workplace can be overpowered In order to wrestle, you have to enter the arena. There needs to be close contact between the believer and the world in order for the believer to impact the  It’s to prevent moral decay. It’s not just your career, it’s your calling. 

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Enter the Arena

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Darkness in the World 

Darkness is the absence of light. It is not a force. It is simply an absence of something. We live in a world where there is no light. The reason why your presence is needed in your workplace is that it is hidden in darkness. You can go inside your workplace to be the light. You go inside the system for it to see the light.  

A verse we will discuss extensively in this book is found in Ephesians 6:12. Paul is revealing to us that a spiritual battle exists. For some of us, we already know this. But let’s look closer and see what this passage is telling us in the context of functioning in our workplace. Paul tells us: “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms” (Ephesians 6:12). 

There are rulers, authorities, and powers in this world and forces in the spiritual world that are working against believers. Paul called this world “dark.” It is different from those spiritual forces of evil that exist in the heavenly realms. Darkness is not the force that we are battling with. Instead, it is what exists in the darkness that we are wrestling with (i.e. the rulers, authorities, and powers in this dark world).  

If you enter a dark house, it is not the darkness in the room that harms you. Instead, it could be an intruder hiding in the dark that could be dangerous for you. How do you expose the threat? You open the lights. Darkness cannot exist in the presence of light.  

Be the light

Jesus said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life” (John 8:12). Believers have the light of life because they follow Jesus. You have the light of life. The question is, are you bringing this light into your workplace? Does your workplace have life because of you? The only way by which the darkness in your workplace can be overpowered is when you bring your light there.  

“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. (Matthew 14-16) 

The passage above may seem like it is ridiculous. Why would someone light a lamp and put it under a bowl? Wouldn’t it defeat the purpose of lighting the lamp in the first place? However, the lamp that Jesus was referring to was the light that he had lit within every believer who chooses to follow him. It was lit so that we can be his agents in the dark world.  

Is your light hidden?

The problem most Christians deal with is that they do not expose their light. They keep it hidden. They only reveal their light on Sundays when they are among fellow believers. However, what would the purpose of the lamp be when it is placed out in the brightness of the sun? The light of the lamp is supposed to shine in the midst of darkness. And if you dread going to work on Mondays, then that’s your first clue as to where you should shine your light on.  

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How to Make your Marriage Last Lordship

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Bishop Jordan is my best friend. I do not have a lot of friends, but I have one good friend. He is my best friend, and that is my husband because we can laugh and we can talk. I am going to tell you a secret. We are just friends. We do what friends do. I can remember the time we went back to college and we took a class and I said to him, “This is the game plan; we are not going to tell anybody we are married, we are just friends.” Sure enough, the first day of class introducing ourselves, Bishop Jordan began to tell everyone.

He cannot keep a secret. I said, friends are supposed to keep a secret but we had fun in life and in our relationship as friends. Sometimes, you might not be able to see eye-to-eye as a husband and wife, but as a friend to a friend, you can begin to talk about it.

Now I (Bishop Jordan) am going to say this, let me backup for a moment. As the husband, I have to be the protector, a husband- man, a farmer, and the one that provides. I would always say to my  wife coming up early in the marriage in the first couple of years that we were married I would say, “Honey, Sarah called Abraham, Lord.” So I would say to my wife, “You need to call me, Lord.”

My wife would call me Lord. But then, there was a little struggle. There was a struggle because of my (Debra’s) religiosity and ideology; I begin to say, I call no man Lord. I only called Jesus Christ Lord, because he was the one that died for me. I got all religious on that. However, the Holy Spirit began to tell me, “Do you know what the Lord is? You are just honoring your husband. A lord is someone that has gained, that has real estate, so you are not doing anything. You are not dishonoring me; you are honoring me while you are honoring him.” It was easier to consider him lord. The lord also means provider. When I gave him that honor and that respect, I knew that I was also honoring and respecting our Lord Jesus Christ.

How to Make your Marriage Last Friendship in a Marriage? 

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When two people are friends, it is important to have a friendly relationship. The Bible reveals the importance of friends for human beings. If there is so much emphasis on friendship in Scriptures, we can assume that a marriage covenant is supposed to include friendship. The power truth above shows that a friend is someone who will love you at all times (Proverbs 17:17).

In any weather in life, good or bad, you can expect a friend to be there for you. King Solomon describes a friend that sticks closer than a brother (Proverbs 18:24). Your spouse, even if you are not related by blood, if you are friends, you are closer than a brother. This means a friendship between two persons means a bond that is thicker than blood.

What do you expect in a spouse? Do you expect someone who will be there for you at all times? Do you want someone who will be there for you for better or for worse? Do you want someone who will love you no matter what? This is what we find in a friend. These are qualities of a friend. This is what we can expect in a friend. We want our spouses to be our friends.

When someone is your friend, the presumption is he or she is on the same side as you. Otherwise, the person who is not on your side is your enemy. We have mentioned before that sometimes, the spouse becomes the enemy. This should not be the state of a marital relationship. You must make sure your spouse is the friend, and not the foe. You are a team. You must be on the same side. A friend would defend you. A friend has your back. A friend is someone you can turn to in times of trouble. When you are in a marriage, you need your husband or your wife to be your friend, your best friend.

When you become one with someone, you want to have a united relationship. The husband and the wife must be the ones who support each other. It is not only in the serious matters, such as one’s career moves, family matters, and health. It is also in the little things, such as one’s hobbies, interests, and sports. The recreational value that friendship offers is also included in the appeal of friendship.

Sometimes, men and women enjoy time with their friends, more than they do with their spouses. They enjoy the company of their other friends and look forward to it more than they do their spouses. How come? This should not be the case for married couples. The problem is they have been caught up in the realities and frustrations of everyday life that it sucks the joy out of their marriage. In short, their friendship is taken for granted to cater to the responsibilities of married life.

Willingness and Availability

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Willingness and availability are basic factors we must have to operate this gift. With these attitudes, Francis stressed on the following:

Believers must have the strong desire to release and to use the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Believers must be sensitive to God’s movement and prompting. Believers must recognize when the Holy Spirit is speaking about a certain person or matter. Believers must understand the right timing in order to make known of specific information. Believers must pray and practice ministering these words of knowledge in an edifying manner.

Believers must be willing and prepared to accept teaching, correction, and even rebuke from those God placed authority over us, to oversee our ministry. Believers must take responsibility for the effects of the words of knowledge that they have delivered or spoken. Thus, they must make sure these promptings are from God.

According to Francis, knowledge is the answer to ignorance. Paul noted on the significance of being informed. It is the same premise for this gift. In order to test that the promptings are from God, we need to make sure the words of knowledge we are speaking are aligned with God’s Word. The Holy Spirit will not prompt you to speak lies or to cause people to sin. The Holy Spirit will move you to speak words that are against the Word of God. You can test this by studying and meditating on the Word of God, as well as by seeking God.

There are different ways that a person with this gift can develop it. We are responsible for our gifts. It is our responsibility to make it grow, with the intention to use it for God’s greater glory. One of the tips involves observing other people who flow in the gift of the words of knowledge. Be an objective observant and learn from their positive and negative points. Emulate the good, and try to improve the bad with your personal growth.

We also need to have the right attitude towards such a gift. Sometimes, our attitude is, God’s sovereignty will move us to use the gift while we do nothing. While it is true that we are nothing with God’s power and without his grace, God does not overpower us and force us to move beyond our will.

God gave us free will. God is a gentle God who will not violate our will. In order for our gifts to flow, we must be willing and available to the Holy Spirit. Thus, as we receive a word of knowledge, we must make it known and we must declare that it is from the Holy Spirit.

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Where Do I Get Wisdom?

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Proverbs 2:6-9 
”For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding. He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity, Guarding the paths of justice, And He preserves the way of His godly ones. Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity and every good course.”

Wisdom doesn’t have to be so hard to find. Imagine people going through lengths and traveling across the globe just to find wisdom. God offers wisdom and He’s just waiting for you to receive it. How do you get wisdom? Your prophecy will reveal it to you when you talk to a prophet.

Your written prophecy reveals truths that you probably did not know. He has it in store just for you, all you have to do is ask for it. Having wisdom not only helps you in deciphering right from wrong, but it guides you in making huge life decisions. If your wisdom comes form God, then nothing bad will come out of those decisions.

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Power of Prophecy: One Power

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The same God who created the Law of Gravity is the same God who created the Law of Prosperity

So, any “evil” that exists in our lives, it is God in us who created it. God creates peace and He creates evil. That is the beauty of life. Before we came into being, we were in heaven where there was all good. However, we came to earth to experience good and evil. Adam would not have been complete just eating from the tree of life. He wanted to experience eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. And after he ate of it, God said, “Man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil.” (Genesis 3:22)

There is only one power. The only devil you will ever meet is the “devil” in you that is ignorant of the God- power that is resident on the inside of you. Your outward experiences are only a manifestation of what is taking place on the inside of you. The universe is a mirror of who you are. The world will always mirror YOU! You create the world in which you live. Whether a world of lack or a world of prosperity, you create that world. The only reason you may not receive something is because you lack receiving it. The lack within you rejects its coming. Therefore, if you lack prosperity, it is because you have not given yourself permission to prosper.

The same God who created the laws of gravity also created the laws of prosperity. Poverty is a state of consciousness. Poverty has nothing to do with the amount of money you have in the bank, or the house, neighborhood, community or surroundings in which you live. In the same way, prosperity is also a state of consciousness. Prosperity has nothing to do with the number of vehicles you own, or if you own a vehicle at all. This is not your reality. Your reality is not the things that you possess. Prosperity is consciousness. Your reality is consciousness.

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For there is a world behind your eyes that is greater than that which is in front of your eyes. You have to be aware of this world in order to manifest your supply. Your supply will come from something that is already in your hands. Therefore, you must take inventory of what is in your house. We find that God takes pleasure in your prosperity and desires that you become a multiplier. However, you must be obedient and follow the instructions regarding your seed. You must make sure that your seed is planted in the right place. In the wrong environment, your seed becomes a weed, but in the right environment it will produce a harvest. The prophet has the uncanny ability to recognize the invisible supply within you, and also, those in the presence of the Prophet must discern the invisible supply in their midst. That is the Power of Prophecy!

Saved by Grace

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“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.” – Ephesians 2:8-9

We humans are in need of saving. We need to be saved from the darkness of this world and the world of sin that we were born into. This is why Jesus came down on earth to become the perfect example, to teach and guide those who are lost. We all know how the story goes from there, He becomes crucified and dies to save us from sin. The work of Jesus has been done.

Religious organizations still feel however, that we still need to do so many things to go to heaven. They make up traditions and rituals to make them feel like they’re doing good and that they are finding favor in God’s eyes. What they don’t know is that they cannot attain grace on their own. The Master Prophet and his school of prophets declare this message to the world and help those who are in need of prophetic guidance.

Prophecy will teach you that God has given you the gift of grace and what you can do in order to make the most out of this gift. Not only will you be able to deepen your relationship with God, but HE will also show you your undiscovered talents and skills that you can utilize in order to have a prosperous life!

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