The story is told of a great man of God who asked God who He God believed was the most important in his church.
Somehow in his heart he felt there was no way any person would be more important or valuable to God in his church than himself.
That evening God showed him a vision, where there were three crowns set out,all of different sizes. In the vision, God gave the middle sized crown to his assistant pastor,and proceeded to hand over the smallest crown to him. He was very surprised and wondered who would be the receiver of the largest crown.As he watched, the crown was handed over to an old lady who was a regular at church.
When he woke up,he was worried, as to why God didn't even give him the middle sized crown and went to the church to pray.
On reaching there,he asked the security man to give him the keys so he could open the door and go pray as dawn had not yet even broken out. He was surprised when the security man told him someone was already in there ; and added that the person always came there very early when ever there was going to be a service held to pray.
He entered the church and there was the woman he saw in the vision, praying for him!
He understood at that moment the vision.
While the world saw him,God saw this woman who nobody saw but diligently prayed every day for him to do that which he always did.
As Jesurun Simpson Nartey told me of a quote by Bishop Day: the magnitude of your work (or church) does not determine your importance to God.
Don't be discouraged by the hardwork you put in something which still seems like nobody notices,God does. And He is a great rewarder. If you are doing some big things, pause and acknowledge and appreciate those behind the scenes which without them would be impossible to do what you do.
Somehow in his heart he felt there was no way any person would be more important or valuable to God in his church than himself.
That evening God showed him a vision, where there were three crowns set out,all of different sizes. In the vision, God gave the middle sized crown to his assistant pastor,and proceeded to hand over the smallest crown to him. He was very surprised and wondered who would be the receiver of the largest crown.As he watched, the crown was handed over to an old lady who was a regular at church.
When he woke up,he was worried, as to why God didn't even give him the middle sized crown and went to the church to pray.
On reaching there,he asked the security man to give him the keys so he could open the door and go pray as dawn had not yet even broken out. He was surprised when the security man told him someone was already in there ; and added that the person always came there very early when ever there was going to be a service held to pray.
He entered the church and there was the woman he saw in the vision, praying for him!
He understood at that moment the vision.
While the world saw him,God saw this woman who nobody saw but diligently prayed every day for him to do that which he always did.
As Jesurun Simpson Nartey told me of a quote by Bishop Day: the magnitude of your work (or church) does not determine your importance to God.
Don't be discouraged by the hardwork you put in something which still seems like nobody notices,God does. And He is a great rewarder. If you are doing some big things, pause and acknowledge and appreciate those behind the scenes which without them would be impossible to do what you do.
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