ORDINATION

1 Samuel 16:4-10 “Samuel did what the Lord said. When he arrived at Bethlehem, the elders of the town trembled when they met him. They asked, “Do you come in peace?” Samuel replied, “Yes, in peace; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves and come to the sacrifice with me.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice...........”

The time for ordination is the time for:

•  Sanctification
•  Separation
• Sacrificial offering
• Meekness 

The time for ordination is not for celebration but a time of service. You should know that ordination is a very important time for you to be keen, for it is very dangerous as you are being set apart for the work of the Lord.

Why is ordination dangerous?

It is because when you are ordained, you are set apart for God, and you will not live according to your desire but according to the instruction of the One who has ordained you.

Ordination is not the time to be entitled with high ranks, but it is the time of service, serving the expectations of the one who ordained you and not your expectations. After you have been ordained, you must always think of the expectations of the one who ordained you.

When Jesse and his sons saw Samuel they asked him, do you come in peace? They asked while trembling for they knew that the role of the anointed person is to release blessings or judgement. Samuel answered them that he came for peace for he was there for two things:

• To sanctify them
• To give a sacrificial offering 

When you are ordained, it means you are a sacrificial offering to God and therefore you must live for God and not for you. If you see that you have been ordained but you are still poor, it means you are living on your desires and not God’s desires. If you are ordained be very keen to live according to how you have been ordained.

When you are ordained make sure you understand that it is not by your power but by the mercy of God.

When David was ordained he never remained the same, he was powerful to kill the lion and bear. When you are born again, devil has no power over you, unless you allow him. Sickness and diseases are not allowed to torture you for you have authority over them. Poverty has no power over you.

When God chooses somebody, it means He has something to do with him/ her.

©Servant of God Apostle and Prophet Josephat Elias Mwingira, Efatha Ministry.