This is my destiny
This is my destiny
(Full-time ministry)
David Wilkerson
I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ
(Revelation 1:9)
This man made up a decision when he came (to Patmos).
“This might be the lot of my life. This might be what I am strained to. I have no congregation but I have determined that I am going to be in the spirit.”
(Revelation 1:10)
“I am not going to lose the fire of God. If it’s only me, I’m going to worship Him. I’m going to get to know Him.”
“I’ve got time to get to know my Jesus better than I’ve ever known Him before.”
When the only thing that fully satisfies your heart is your ministry of prayer and worship unto the Lord, when you are satisfied with feeding Christ, when you have given yourself completely, and you are focused on this one thing…
My calling on this earth, first of all, is to be a minister unto Him.
“I am in full time ministry when my whole focus is not what I can accomplish, what I can build, what I can do, what I can see as results.”
“I am in full time ministry when I give myself to prayer, and to Christ to be in my mind day and night, every waking hour.”
Jesus is being ministered to on the subway, on the job, that quiet prayer that reaches up to Him, that ministry unto Jesus, that worship and praise.
Because they minister to the Lord, they meet, and before they go to work they meet the Lord and through the day, and then before they go to bed at night have this precious time. They’re ministering unto the Lord. That is full time ministry.
But the greatest call and the greatest need today is for men and women who will impose upon themselves at isolation from all other voices.
And isolation were they say “God, I’m not going to listen to the voice of men. I’m not going to get involved.”
I’m not talking about godly counsel for the ministry
“But I’m not going to listen to the plans of men.”
“I’m not going to be guided by this.”
“I’m going to be guided by the Holy Spirit.”
“I want to be in the Spirit and walk in the Spirit.
I want to be governed by the Holy Spirit.
I want to hear that voice only.”
He said,
“My sheep know my voice they will hear when I call.”
(John 10:27)
And I believe that with all of my heart that when people begin to seek God with everything in them, and when Christ is the only focus, the first thing you get is your discernment back, and then you began to hear clearly things. He takes you into the heavenliness. He began to reveal.
You will know what’s coming. God will speak about your family. He will speak to you about your future. He will speak to you many many things. God will speak to your heart when you give Him time and wait upon Him and He becomes your focus.
You are in the full time ministry, the ministry to Christ.
This self imposed Patmos experience where you don’t fall for the competition, you don’t fall for the designation of successes as is determined today by so many people.
You don’t fall for so many voices calling, so many rantings and these voices, networking, ambition.
Folks, when God can find a man or a woman who is willing to
let everybody bypass him or her, let them go their way, sit back and let them glory what the world call success.
But a man or a woman can shut themselves and say “Lord, none of these matters to me anymore.” That’s a self-imposed exile.
It doesn’t mean come away from ministry.
No.
It means that you come out of the secret closet, you come out of this exile, shutting away the voices of men, shutting away the voices, so that I can hear the voice of the Holy Spirit, speaking to my heart and my mind.
The only thing that matters is that
“Lord Jesus, I want my life to please you. I want to know Jesus.
when I go into the secret closet with you. I’m here for You to minister unto You. I’m going to sit here and waiting for You. I want You to speak.”
I want to tell you. A man or a woman who shut in full time ministry. That doesn’t mean you leave your job. That doesn’t mean you don’t witness.
No, in fact you can be a very very busy person, still have this Patmos exile that I call, where you have learned to shut out everything, that hinder you from hearing the voice of the Lord.
Folks, what’s going to happen to those who are not seeking God,
those who hear trumpet call of the Lord Jesus, to wake up and begin to seek Him, and become a full time minister unto Him,
so that you will have the resources, you will have the power of Christ in you.
So the only way that you can make it in the days to come is to be close to Jesus, not close to the church, not close to a pastor or counselor, but close to Jesus.
Having spent time with Him I stand here to plea with you now.
If there is one bit of apathy,
if there is lukewarmness,
I’m begging plea with you run to Jesus.