Proper Person

Acts 13:22

And when He had deposed him, He raised up David for them as king, to whom also He testified and said, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man according to My heart, who will do all My will.

But now your kingdom will not continue. Jehovah has sought a man according to His heart for Himself, and Jehovah has appointed him ruler over His people; for you have not kept that which Jehovah commanded you. 1 Samuel 13: 14

God has a will to carry out on this earth in this age. But how He will do it, and when and through whom He will do it, all depends upon God Himself finding a proper person. What a person does is not as important as who is the person who does it. The being of a person is more important than the work the person does. Therefore, gaining a proper person is of utmost important for God to carry out His will.

As I was praying and reconsidering the service that the Lord has assigned me to and has been gracing me to carry it out, one thing that impressed me most was "the persons of the serving ones." Improper person can never do a proper work, no matter how qualified he may be. In fact, improper person not only slows down the  work of God but also destroys them. Especially in the Lord's service, things cannot be done as a "job." No man can serve God for money as in secular fields. Of course, God will sovereignly and sufficiently take care of the serving ones' need, but the serving one must be proper in his being as to serve God and not the service for survival.

Down the years, I have been learning this lesson the long and hard way round. Some people have come in and gone, as we gave opportunities to all. And one common thing of all those who came and gone are of 'improper persons" with improper heart towards God and His service. Whereas, the proper ones are graced by the Lord to remain faithful and fruitful till date, and are always open to  the Lord for any adjustment and perfecting. Their focus for sure is not money, nor do they serve as a "job" but as a service to the Lord. And the confirmation is the fruit of their labor being manifested time after time.

Thus, to further carry on in the Lord's service, my prayer is that I myself be dealt with, trained and perfected for the Lord's service. And that more and more proper serving ones be brought into the Lord's service; to double and multiply the Lord's work. As David's epitaph was "a man after God's own heart," so may all serving ones of the Lord be "men after God's own heart." Yes, dealt with and stripped off of all "improperness" to be proper person, bringing in much "profit" to the Lord's service!

Lord, make me a proper person, even a man after Your heart, for Your service.