Topic: Mighty In God’s Hands [Sunday November 29, 2015]
Text: Romans 16:1-16
Key Verse: “That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also” (Romans 16:2).
God is at His best when He uses things we view as commonplace to accomplish extraordinary feats. For instance, He took the inarticulate and hesitant Moses to free millions of Israelites from centuries of bondage.
Today’s Scripture reading shows a display of divine attention on saved women who served in God’s kingdom. As Apostle Paul ends his epistle to the Church in Rome, the Holy Spirit led him to reveal the simple people God raised to support His Work. Only the couple – Aquilla and Priscilla, appear to be well known; others are silent workers. Among them are no less than eight women. Despite their social status as “weaker vessels”, God used them to render special services to the Church and the kingdom of heaven. Paul did not hide his commendation for their work. In the case of Phebe, who delivered the letter to the Romans from Corinth, Paul asked for unique hospitality for her. Describing Phebe as “our sister”, he urges the church in Rome to “receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of; for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also” (verse 1,2). Phebe and other saints, including women may have been in the background. They may not have been numbered among the regular apostles. But they did not just make up the crowds.
They worked tirelessly in the church to make God notice them for a mention in the Bible. They were committed to God’s work and evangelism. The exemplary service they rendered should challenge us to seek to please God and not expect the applause of men. We are not to operate by man’s standards. It is God who gives us the unction; we must meekly function by His laws. There should also be no competitive spirit in our midst if our goal is heaven.
Thought for the day: God is looking for ordinary people He would use to do the extraordinary.
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DCLM Daily Manna was written by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.
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