Date: August 16, 2026
Series: From Pastor’s desk
Number: Vol. 15, No. 16
Beloved: grace, mercy and peace be yours without measure from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to another week of the month of August 2026. My prayer is that God will keep your heart right with Him always, so that He can find you useful in building His church to be all that He wants it to be. Amen.
As we see in the bible, the only person that can build the church of God is the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. Look at what He once said to His disciples about this:
“And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.” (Matt 16:18NIV)
Did you see that? Who is the owner of the church? It is the Lord Jesus. Unfortunately, there are many church leaders today that think they own the churches of God under their care. But they were not the ones that died for the sins of the people under their care. Also, they were not the ones that recreated the people under their care.
The one who died for the sins of all of us is the Lord Jesus. And the one who recreated all of us is God. If anyone, then, is seeking to take their place, the person will surely find himself in serious trouble at some point. That is why many leaders of God’s people are in all kinds of trouble that they cannot disclose today. They have been seeking to occupy in the lives of the people of God positions that are not meant for them.
In any case, since the Lord is the owner of the church, He is the only that can build it up to be what it is meant to be. And He has said that He would do so. How? One of the ways is by equipping each member of the church to do things that will result in the edification of all the other members of the church.
So, if you are doing anything in the church at the moment that is blessing the people of God, you should know that it is the Lord Jesus Christ Himself that is working through you. And if you want Him to work more through you and bless many more lives, you should keep yourself humble before Him and available to Him.
There are many in the church today that the Lord is not using because of their pride. These ones think if they do not do certain things in the church of God, those things will never get done. But what they don’t understand is that they cannot do anything good for the church, if the Lord Himself does not enable them to do it. Since that, then, is the case, He can choose to replace them with other people any day and any time.
Then there are many in the church that the Lord is not using because they are not just available to Him. There is always one excuse or the other for not being where He wants them to be and for not doing what He wants them to do. Such individuals are also overlooking the fact that He can always replace them, if they fail to repent in time.
Well, the point is that the Lord is able to build His church with or without me. If I humble myself and make myself available to Him, He will use me. But if I am walking in pride or if I refuse to make myself available to Him, He will surely find some other people to use in building His church. That, of course, may take Him a while. But He will surely do the needful. Will He, then, reward me for making myself useless to Him? No!
So, let us always keep in mind the fact that the Lord will build His church with or without us. That way, we will humble and make ourselves available to Him anytime and anywhere. And when the time is ripe, we will be greatly rewarded by Him.
Have a lovely week.
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