Stay At Your Post

Galatians 1:1” Paul an apostle not sent from men nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father.” 2 and all the brethren who are with me, To the churches of Galatia:

3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,

4 who gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

5 to whom be the glory forevermore. Amen.

Perversion of the Gospel

6 I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel;

Introduction:

Who you are in Christ!This epistle was written by Paul and he minces no words when he boldly declares his calling: PAUL AN APOSTLE! Wow, you need huge confidence of who you are in Christ to state your office and position in Christ. Isn’t that awesome? To whom this epistle is sent—to the churches of Galatia. There were several churches who got mixed with the wickedness and evil traditions around them, therefore we see Paul addressing this aspect with burden.

1. STAY AT YOUR POST

2. DELIVER US FROM THE PRESENT EVIL AGE

3. ENLARGE YOUR BORDERS OF FAITH

4. I WANT TO KNOW MORE OF YOU LORD!

5. IS YOUR LIFE GLORIFYING GOD?

STAY AT YOUR POST: Someone needs to hear this today, don’t budge, stay firm in the position God has given you, are you listening? Umpteen people will come to discourage you and pour cold water on you; however, you stay hot for God.

• Even if there are no students in your Bible class, keep preaching

• Even if none turns up for the morning prayer, don’t quit, keep doing the work

• Even none appreciate your work , don’t give up – keep at it, do it more vigorously and punch the nose of the devil

• Even if you have no church premises, gather under the tree, inside the car- wherever possible and praise God! I’m simply excited. When the HR department told me not to hold meetings inside the office, we gathered under the tree outside the office and prayed. I took the crowd to a building under construction, we sat on the floor and prayed there. I took the people on the terrace and prayed there. Nothing can stop you and should stop you! Hurray! Don’t let the devil discourage you by showing the HUGE buildings of other ministries, God has BIGGER plans for you. STAY AT YOUR POST! STAY COURSE!

Paul looked at the people in Galatia told them, you cannot stop me – I AM PAUL AN APOSTLE! Can somebody clap hands for God! He is worthy, worthy …worthy..

People don’t like it when you start walking in confidence with God-given authority and dignity, they start assaulting your character; Paul was unwavering in his stand with God. Initially, in the year 2002 when I started circulating my devotions among my colleagues ( I was still working with a multinational bank then), people did not like my style of writing and they despised it. They did not like direct confrontation from the word, some people left the group and others blocked me; however, God kept increasing my borders. Even after two decades, I am still writing. Don’t be afraid to walk in your calling, never be intimidated by your enemies, boldly declare your position in Christ. STAY AT YOUR POST! Be battle ready!

When you stay close with such fire-brands for Christ, their passion would rub off on you too. Did not Paul say in,” Ephesians 5:8”For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light, 9for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.” I wish you feel the fire in me as write this….

DELIVER US FROM THE PRESENT EVIL AGE: Jesus gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father. Listen friend, we cannot call ourselves as Christians if we still cling on to the world and the evil in it. Every form of reality shows these days are very unhealthy for watching, Cinema celebrities dominate the social media in almost all shows and all that they speak is of success, money and glamour. Evil age! Are you listening friends? Jesus came to rescue us from the power of it, yes, what started with Eve in the garden of Eden still continues today.

Let me give you an example of the evil power of satan, one particular teacher who worked in our school would also attend all our prayer meetings and she was slowly growing in the Lord, her husband was an alcoholic. He used a strategy to stop her from prayer meetings and disconnect her contact with me, he started showing more attention for her and he took her to three different hotels, on her birthday for three meals and bought her three different sarees. She resigned from work and vanished. That’s how the Galatians were, precisely Paul said: 6 I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ.” People who dance at church on Sunday are joining the gossip party the next day at work. How come? How quickly? . We need to understand the evil devices of the devil and stay firm.