In a recent post on his official Facebook page, Evangelist Mike Bamiloye sends an important message to Christians who have a spiritual father but find it difficult to totally submit. He titled it “If You Are Not Ready To Submit To Him.”
“Have you ever noticed that some very close Associate of Godly men of God is usually spiritually worse?” he asked and said that it is because they follow the man of God, their godly leader or ministry president or godly senior pastor without seeing the hand of God in his life, but mistakes and faults. They watch him closely, not for a double portion of power and anointing, but his mistakes and faults.
As the Associate Pastor, Vice President, and Ministry Associate share in the blessing and the glory of the ministerial expansion and evangelistic exploits, as they bask in the glory of the wonders the Lord is performing through God’s servant, they are unconsciously crossing the Jordan River with him. But when the Lord moves His servant to another higher level of ministerial operations, and the Lord God promotes the man of God in honour, they could not understand, they immediately lose track and become stranded. They then suddenly realize that the man of God, their President, Senior Pastor, General Overseer or Leader has been moved forward to a level they can not reach and there has been some wider gap between them.
He then revealed that following a godly, heavenly-minded, scripturally-principled leader does not automatically translate to receiving the double portion of anointing, but the condition of the hearts is the determining factor. Elisha followed Elijah and got the Double Portion of his power; but Gehazi who also followed Elisha and was to take a double portion of his power and anointing got instead, a double portion Namaan’s leprosy even to his next generation.
So If you have a godly, heavenly-minded, scripturally principled leader, pastor or mentor, Congratulation, then you have to watch him closely, serve him wholeheartedly, and submit to him with all humility. Follow him with determination. There is a mantle of power that will drop from him on you for your breakthrough and thorough-fare on your ministerial journey back to where your assignment is.
Finally, if you are not ready to submit, serve, or walk closely with a godly and heavenly-minded leader, don’t follow him across the Jordan river, lest you miss your way and get stranded.
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