Father, how do you feel (what is important) about the marketplace?
I love the marketplace. The marketplace is a place of coming together, there are many different types of transaction and ways of interacting. Much more of a persons character is exposed in the marketplace than is in the church. The marketplace is where I connect you to life long friends, those marvelous comrades that will come alongside you and build with you. One of the most beautiful aspects about the marketplace is that people will be real with you if you pursue authenticity. Unlike the religious facade that has plagued the “church” those in the marketplace that believe in Me but are disconnected, are searching for someone to find them out. They are looking for the meaning of life, even in the midst of an understood vain pursuit, they are looking for ME. They chase the perceived life of success all the while knowing that it is as empty as a mirage in the desert.
The great thing about the marketplace is it gives my children that have accepted me and are pursing me, a door into the lives of non-believers. How many people do you know in the marketplace that would not dare step foot in a church?
You must always remember that you are a tool in My hand, I am not a tool in your hand. By fulfilling the purposes I have for you, there are great benefits but the primary reason you are here is for My glory, not your own. Your achievements, promotions, relationships, experiences and possessions are worthless apart from my purpose. These things will never help your ministry or help you reach your destiny unless you understand where these gifts come from and what they are intended to be used for. Just as in the millennial kingdom, the position I put you in is for the glory of My name and for you to use your position to build character in your own life and relationships with those around you. Just as Jesus said he is about My business, so must you. Your position in the market place is to be a witness as to who your Father is. Without even noticing it, you already show in your daily life who's voice you are listening to. My desire for you in the marketplace is to live a life of evangelism, there are annointings that are available to those in the marketplace that are not available to others. If the full time ministry worker needs 10 hours per week in my presence uninterrupted, those in the marketplace need much more. The marketplace is full of every kind of evil. This is where the demons need to be confronted, the captives set free, the lost or wandering saved, the light to shine before all men.
All of these things are wonderful parts of the marketplace but they are often pursued in the wrong manner. Many have been hurt or their hearts have become cold toward ME due to tactics used by my children in the marketplace. First and foremost if you do not have more of a desire to minister to ME in the marketplace you will be like the sounding gong and crashing cymbals. Your primary purpose in living is to love and glorify ME. Learn to love ME in the mundane and in every area of life. I am not just a one or two day a week kind of Father. I have chosen to love and enjoy you for all eternity. I never need a break from you. You are my delight. Allow Me in, ask, invite Me in to your life outside of church. There is so much about Me that is undiscovered because you confine me to the walls of a building. I am an excellent builder, I have ideas that are the definition of genius, I want to share everything I have with you.
Fulfilling the great commission is very important to me but it will only be fulfilled by those that seek to love me well in every arena of life.
Monday, January 3, 2011
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