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Spiritual Food with Jess

To Receive & Minister

I was in a prayer meeting a couple of weeks ago when God spoke to me.

I got the impression that some of us are seeking God in a way as to benefit ourselves. That we are selfishly seeking God for our own selfish intentions.

Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain.

Psalms 119:36 NIV

It is not wrong to seek God and desire healing, and all the Bible has to offer. Still, when we come with a selfish heart and selfish motives only to gain for ourselves and expect to receive all the time, then that is where we need to stop and reflect on our heart motives.

Being a Christian is not about just receiving, but we are the ones to minister by being God’s hands and feet. That is why His Holy Spirit dwells within us so that we can serve and minister to others and glorify God through His Spirit operating in us. He is not some magical genie that grants our wishes and desires, but if we ask according to His will, He will hear us.

This is our confidence in approaching God: if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

1 John 5:14 NIV

One thing that stood out to me when I started coming to church is that the church body itself is selfless when it comes to God and Christianity. The intentions of the Body of Christ were and are always to minister to others, to be sacrificial and willing to serve others in their time of need.

I ask you all to pray and repent if you have sought God as a magic genie and turned away from having a personal relationship with him.

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility, value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of others. In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:

Philippians 2:3-5 NIV