Dr. D's Devotional
Title: Discipleship 25
by Dennis Reschke
Continuing with the theme of fatherhood in ones field,
sometimes pastors of
churches have had to take months to "clean up" from various things that
were said
or "prophesied" by a visiting speaker that were not edifying to the church.
This will
not happen if we walk within our own fields of ministry and honor the fields
of
others. You have authority in your field but that authority does not automatically
transfer to another man's field. When you are a guest, act like one. Use
your
God-given authority only by permission from the owner of the field.
Don't
plow in your son's field. In the 1970's was the discipleship movement. I
believe it twisted the biblical principle of accountability by stepping
into another's
field and attempting to make their decisions for them. Spiritual father
and mothers
will never seek to control their spiritual children in this manner. There
is a holy
covenant and an unholy covenant. The only covenants that are holy and last
for a
lifetime are:
1) the covenant I have with Christ to serve Him completely,
2) the
covenant I have with my wife to love her and cherish her, and
3) the covenant
I have
with the body of Christ to love her and be a blessing to the Lord's bride.
An unholy
covenant is made with a person or group that hinders one from obeying the
Holy
Spirit's leading in his life.
One can delegate authority in your field.
You have stewardship of the field, not
ownership. Do not tolerate any enemy activity in your fields. Take possession
of
your fields with the authority and power and permission received of the
Lord Jesus
Christ.
Fathers teach their sons to make decisions. There are three principles to
make
father-like decisions:
1) God speaks through a leader (father),
2) God speaks
through a team, and
3) God speaks through His people. Trouble often comes
when
one of these principles is given greater precedence than the others. Practicing
only
one of these principles is like driving in a rut on the side of the road
rather than
utilizing the total road. These three principles complement each other.
1. A father leads the way. Moses asked the Lord to appoint a man over the
congregation in Num 27:16. A godly father never throws his weight around
as a
leader.
2. God calls a team to work together; all of us only "know in
part" (1Cor 13:9). Wise
team leaders recognize the Lord speaks through each of the team members.
3. God speaks through His people. A wise father combines the strengths of
head,
shoulders (team) and body. Oil was so plentiful that it ran down Aaron's
face onto
his shoulders and down the garment on his body (Ps 133:2). The head (primary
leader) of every team needs to be properly attached to the shoulders (the
others on
the team) and the body (the people) through a God-ordained relationship
of trust
and affirmation.
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