Proper Person

The work of a person depends on the person of the work. What he does and how he does and why he does depends entirely on who he is. Methods, ways and means are secondary to the outcome of the person himself who does it. His work expresses and represents who he is. If he is proper, the work he does will be proper-that goes without saying. So here is the need for a “Proper Person.”

In serving the Lord, or in doing anything, the being of the person is of utmost importance. I have been so impressed by this matter of my need and the need of my fellow brothers in Christ to be proper person. To our blessing, we have the Lord Jesus Christ as the perfect pattern of the proper person. Even apostle Paul dare say, “Become imitator of me” in 1 Corinthians 4:16. Having patterns before us, I must be faithful to imitate Christ and the apostles, in life and in spirit, trusting the supply of life and grace to be like them.

This “imitation” entails many things, prominent ones among them would be “Character.” In one of the recent speaking of the Lord, I was reminded again of my need to be “discipled,” disciplined and exercised in my daily living with proper scheduling of time. In an organic way, doing the right thing at the right time for the right cause or purpose. May the Lord grace be to be a proper person.

In my recent fellowship with the serving ones I have emphasized this matter again and again; the need to exercise our character to be proper person trusting the Lord’s grace. Only then, with prepared vessels the Lord can pour out His blessings. Faithfulness in service and fruitfulness in productivity of both quantity and quality will be the result of a proper serving one.

Lord, make me proper person.