Today,we have many Christians but few are truly Disciples of Jesus Christ.As we delve into the issue of Faithfulness,we can see how it affects Christians and their consecration,devotion,meditation and followership with The lord Jesus Christ.
Faithfulness is lacking in Christendom today.God is Faithful and never fails as we all know.God is Unchangeable,Man is changeable and his words always fail.
Lack of Faith or Faithful workers hinders growth and stableness in the body of christ globally.This has always been the major cause of crisis,strife,envy,Jealousy,murmurings,complaints,Gossiping,slander ,accusations and Blackmail among the present day Christians and in the body of Christ Globally.
The Lack of Faith holds sway among christians in the following Areas:
1)Position:Those who are called of God and want to stand sometimes must be careful of unfaithfulness and working with unfaithful workers.Those who are not called of God normally constitute the menance of unfaithfulness.Leadership tussle has always created a loophole for satan to strike and attack the sheep and trouble the shepeherd in the body of Christ.
You would discover that brethren begin in Unity starting a church,but after certain years, they divide,they break away.Some who felt mistreated or cheated by their leaders go away to form their own Ministry.You would discover that many people who are under a certain Leader suddenly rebel,murmur,complain, turn against their leaders and conspire to divide the church under him.
When you ask such workers the reason for their actions and to explain their grieviances, they won't be able to give you a comprehensive spiritual answer that maybe God said they should leave or go and start their own Ministry.
Instead,they would be giving u materilalistic,financial,Physical reasons due to their own unfaithfulness.
Sometimes i wonder,if we are serving God or man,if we own the church or Christ!!
In christianity,there should also be no partiality.Jesus Christ,our Lord the Author and finisher of our faith never entertained such concerning individual talents,gifts or calling.All were paid the same wages inspite of being the first or last to come.
We can see that in treatment of equality based agreement in Matthew 20:1-16. However, the idle workers seemed unfaithful.
In Nigeria today,if you are not careful and start behaving carnally,if u r called of God but start seeing the work as a physical work,if you start looking at people's action,reactions ,attitude and character than Jesus christ,you won't know when the enemy would start discouraging you from serving God.Then you would join the bandwagon of unfaithful workers.
When God calls you,listen to noo man,don't be the type that follows what multitude says,dont always react on what men say nor do if u truly want to be faithful to God!!! Matthew 25:14-30.A lot of christians have gifts,talents today,but they believe it is only in the positional roles they can make use of such Talents.They forget that it is Christ they r serving,not Crowd,nor their ministers,nor seeking recognition or fame.
However,when they now face challenges such as lack,setbacks,attacks temptations with their carnal mindset ,they would not be faithful again because they didn't think it was God they are serving.
Instead,they would now begin to serve the devil by COMMERCIALISING THEIR GOD GIVEN GIFTS.EGSINGING,DANCING,MIRACLES,HEALINGS.THEY CHANGE AND START SINGING FOR MONEY,FAME,POPULARITY,POWER,HONOUR OFMEN.THEY DONOT REMAIN FAITHFUL TO GOD AGAIN.THEY FORAKSE THE PATHS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
NB:THE PAINFUL THING THERE IS THAT AT THAT MOMENT OF COMPROMISE,ALL THE WORK THEY DO IS NOT RECOGNISED IN HEAVEN.THIS IS HOW THEY BECOME PROFITABLE TO SATAN AND UNPROFITABLE TO GOD AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD-MATTHEW 25:30.
we can see that being Faithful is not about being in position in a church,but what we do to the least of our own brethren also.Matthew 25:45.
Many christians have made the proud mistake of always appeasing or doing things to those or for those in power ,the rich,the famous than their fellow brethren and christ.
These continue to err and bury their talent by misuse until what they have is taken away from them-Matthew 25:29.
To be faithful is to do what is acceptable to God and not yourself nor man and also continue doing so.Faithlessness spans beyond measure in the church today.....
Part 2 coming.