Title: God's Sovereignty to Raise Workers
God's Sovereignty to Raise Workers
“They prayed and said, “Lord, you know the hearts of all, show me which of these two you have chosen to take the place of the ministry and the apostleship. You joined the number of the eleven apostles” (Acts 1:24-26).
I. Text Commentary
II. how to hire workers
A. Through people
In this way, vocation has both subjectivity and objectivity. When God calls someone to be your special worker, you can receive a subjective calling. However, it is not a biblical way of confirming a calling to think that one's own calling is sufficient. Objectivity of the vocation is required. If that calling is something that only you can recognize and no one else can recognize, it is an unproven calling. If an individual feels the powerful calling of God and it is true, since the vocation itself is an operation of the soul and spirit, a proper inner change will follow, and it must flow out of the person into the practical life of character and reality. is. And it has to be confirmed by everyone else, especially in the horizon of the community called the Church, but it is objectively verified.
B. Through God's Guidance
Second, nevertheless, workers were established through the guidance of God. So the apostle prayed before casting lots. That prayer must have been an earnest prayer. In a way, it seems that God wants them to choose between these two men, Joseph who is called Justus and Matthias, but when we go deeper, not only the hearts of these two people, but also all the people of Israel who want to elect them as leaders. It included the hearts of the believers who would form the Jerusalem church. So they surrendered all their choices and hearts to the Lord and asked the Lord for guidance. Work seems to be done by humans, but in the end it is often God who accomplishes the will. It seemed to happen by chance, but I found out that God's plan is to make me go through the same thing at the exact time as if it was measured with a ruler to accomplish amazing things that I could not have expected before it happened. All of these things happen in the providence of God.
C. In Providence
III. God's Sovereignty and the Church
IV. conclusion
The Lord leads his church today, but he leads it through people. You make people big and small feel the calling of big and small things to serve in a corner of your church, and you have workers in your various vessels to make them able to contain your will. Therefore, like the apostles and the Jerusalem church members in the text, we pray with full dependence on God, so that the Lord can accomplish His will through us in His guidance and providence, so that God’s sovereignty is fully revealed. We must make responsible choices before God to become a church. May you pray with all your heart, be obedient, and be guided by God so that He may do His will. 2010-04-28