Kingdom Women of God Lesson 2

KWOG- Lesson 2: Recognizing Your Ministry

Welcome back to Kingdom Women of God Women's Bible Study. Last lesson we learned who we are in God. Today we will take a look at personal ministry and recognizing our ministry.


RECOGNIZING YOUR MINISTRY

Your ministry will come out of your relationship with God – God must always take 1st place. Sometimes God will use a natural gifting, but it always needs to be surrendered to Him, because He wants to supernaturally empower us. Don’t be limited by your natural abilities, Many times God uses us in areas where in the natural we are weak, and He will supernaturally equips us so that we totally rely on Him. Don’t be limited by your circumstances in life, or what has happened in your past. You need to deal with the past,by getting deliverance then moving on. God wants to bring release and breakthrough in whatever area is preventing us from moving into recognizing that we should have a ministry. Many women have been put down, or put themselves down – God wants to raise you up – we serve a great God.

Your character is as important as your ministry – maybe it's time to allow God to give you a Godly lifestyle.
Sin will stop you from hearing fully what God is saying, the only way to deal with sin is to repent. 
Becoming a Christian or Christ like means change will take place and it will become a lifestyle as you get closer to the Lord. Remembering this is a personal walk and the pace is yours. 

1 John 1:8-   "John the Baptist was not the light. He baptizes by water, and he prepared the way for the light, Jesus."

Your ministry will usually not be in isolation, but working in unity with other members of the body of Christ. God builds teams. It is important that your relationships with fellow Christians are right, and that you can learn to work together, for the unity to flow. Just as John the Baptist and Jesus worked together.

Our ministry needs to be submitted to leadership – which is God’s delegated authority over you, but also God’s gift to you. Usually they will encourage you, but sometimes will have to say no. A call to ministry is like a seed, it has all the ministry potential within it, and as you allow God to nurture it, it will grow and develop, you will rarely receive a full blown ministry immediately, God will teach you things along the way, trust Him. Ministry carries alot of responsibility, many ministries will need periods of training to be effective.

How To Recognize Your Ministry

*Pray and ask God what ministry He wants to give you – expect Him to speak and listen for His answer.

*Ask others who you trust in the body of Christ to pray with you.

*Expect God to speak through His Word – your ministry needs to be on a solid Biblical foundation – He may give you a specific Word.

*Expect Him to speak through others – as people are ministering the Word of God etc. something may light up for you.

*Specific prophecies for you – if God speaks directly through a prophet, it can often be confirmation to what God is already saying to you, or perhaps you need to hold on to it, and allow God to build on it, and open the right doors. All prophecy needs to be weighed, you should never move out on a prophecy alone.

*Recognize the witness of the Holy Spirit in your life and the excitement in your spirit.

Your leaders can often recognize God’s call on your life when you cannot – talk to them before stepping out, when you feel God is leading you in a specific area, or if you are uncertain where God is leading you.

*Be willing to step out in what God says; don’t limit Him. – If it is His call on your life He will also equip you. – He is not looking for your ability, but your availability.

Looking At Esther and How some of these principles worked in her life

Esther was a young woman who had a good relationship with God. His ways and His influence in her life is evident throughout the story of Esther. She expected to hear from God, and trusted Him completely. She did not allow her background to limit her – an orphan girl, in exile in a foreign country where women were thought of as second class citizens, and her race despised. In spite of all this she moved forward into what God had for her. (Esther 2:7) She had no parents God supernaturally worked in her life, and opened doors, to get her into the place where her ministry would become effective, and positioned her so she could help her people, at a time of national disaster. She often had to trust God. At times things were probably quite difficult for her to understand, being brought into the alien environment of the Royal Palace. (Esther 2:8) Her cousin Mortecai raised her and had her try to see if she would be picked for Queen. Esther had a Godly character, and found favor with God and men. King Xerxes (Zerskes) and Heggai who was in charge of the Kings harem, found it was not merely an external beauty that Esther possessed, she was more importantly beautiful on the inside. As a result, and against the odds, Esther became Queen of the Persian Empire, which covered a large area. (Esther 2:9 & 2:17) She did not allow the things of the world, nor power and position to corrupt her, but as they were submitted to God, they became tools for effective ministry. She submitted to those in authority over her, her guardian, her cousin Mordecai, and Heggai (Esther 2:15) and listened to what they said. She worked in unity with Mordecai, and the other Jews in the Persian Empire, and her ministry was fruitful.

“Yet who knows that you have come to the Kingdom, for such a time as this!”  These words spoken by Mordecai must have been the prophecy that was instrumental in her recognizing that God had been working in her life all along to bring her to such a place of influence. After this she moved into a place of true leadership, calling for a time of National prayer and fasting, interceding for the release of God’s people.

In calling for a time of prayer and fasting she demonstrated her submission and surrender to God she knew that it was only Him who could save her people, the Jews, from the threatened annihilation. Esther’s ministry was like a seed, she started really small, as a no-one, but as she was obedient, God brought the increase, and she truly became Queen.

Scriptures in Lesson 2; 1 John 1:8, Esther 2:7, Esther 2:8, Esther 2:9, Esther 2:17, Esther 2:15. I hope you have been blessed as the Lord blessed me.

My prayer for all. Lord, I thank you for all the women and even the men that view this post. I pray that you impact their lives for such a time as this. Give them direction, give them the purpose of their lives. Help us to be tapped into your spirit, ready, able and available to move in you. Help us to recognize our ministry in Jesus name. Amen.

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