Series: From Pastor’s Desk
Number: Vol. 14, No. 39
Beloved: grace, mercy and peace be yours from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. I am pleased to welcome you to the last week of this month, the month January 2026.
My prayer is that the peace of God that surpasses all human understanding will always reign in your life, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Now one of the things that will cause the peace of God to rule in your life is to wholeheartedly accept the ministry of the leaders He has appointed over you in the church. On one occasion, when our Lord Jesus was sending His disciples out to preach, He said this to them:“When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return to you. Stay in that house, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house.” (Luke 10:5-7NIV)
What will cause the peace of servants of Christ to rest on those they are preaching to and praying for? The response of those people! And how are they to respond to them? They are to wholeheartedly welcome them and their ministry. How, then, do we show that we welcome someone and their ministry wholeheartedly? First, we do so by taking seriously the word of God that they are teaching us. If we will not take the word of God that they are teaching us seriously, then, we cannot say that we have embraced them and their ministry.
Second, we show that we welcome the servants Christ has sent to us by wholeheartedly saying ‘Amen’ to their prayers. As Jesus shows us in that bible text, the word of prayer of His servants will not automatically work in our lives, just because they are praying for us. Their word of prayer will work for us only as we wholeheartedly believe it and say ‘Amen’ to it. Otherwise, their peace, the peace that accompanies their prayers for us will not settle on our lives.
Therefore, if you can see that the prayers of your church leaders have not been working for you at all or enough, it may just be that your heart is not right with them. Talk to yourself, then, and let your heart be right to always receive their peace, the peace that accompanies their ministry.
Otherwise, you should find another church to start attending.The third way to show that we accept the servants the Lord Jesus has sent to us is by supporting them with our material things. As we see in the bible text above, Jesus describes anyone who feeds and houses His servants as a person of peace.
So, it is not only by saying ‘Amen’ to the prayers of our church leaders that we can cause the peace of God that they are proclaiming to rest on our lives. We can also make it rest on our lives by taking care of them. And where are doing this, even the prayers they offer for us quietly and secretly will locate us and work for our good.Now no one can tell to what extent our attitude towards the servants of Christ sent to us will affect our peace and prosperity in life. Read about the Shunammite woman that took care of Elisha and how doing so helped her family (2Kings 4&8).
That will give you some insight into how the peace of God that His servants are communicating to us through their ministries can change the stories of our lives forever. My prayer is that God will strengthen your heart to begin to take this matter seriously, so that none of the good things He wants you to have in life will elude you, in Jesus’ name. Amen.Have a lovely day.
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