🌷Sharing Gods Secrets – Bro.Bakht Singh🌷

Theme of the Month: The Secrets of God’s choice
Thu, 15 September

“When the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring… Brethren, look ye out among you, seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business; but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the Word’ (Acts. 6:1,3,4).

When the number of the disciples was multiplied, and the Lord was working mightily, the devil brought in murmurings and grumblings among the Grecians against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration, thus subtly bringing strife and quarrelling amongst God’s people. Throughout the centuries the devil has been using two weapons to hinder the work of God and to prevent His servants from true service. Firstly, when God begins a work and His power is being manifested in lives, there come murmurings, complaints, and quarrelling among God’s people, and through this the work is upset and hindered. A few of that type of murmuring believers can quench the Spirit of God and the work suffers.

Secondly, the devil tries to hinder God’s servants from ministering the Word, and compels them instead to serve tables. He wanted the apostles to leave their important ministry and do this. First things must be kept first; and by His grace we can do so. He will give us wisdom, even as He gave divine wisdom to His servants in Acts 6:5. ‘ And the saying pleased the whole multitude’, and they chose men like Stephen, who went from house to house helping the people, and caring for the widows and poor people. They were known to nobody; their birth and history is a secret: they sought simply to serve wherever they saw the need; and when the time came, the whole multitude with one accord chose them because they had been watching their lives and had noted how they served without any show, and were yet at the same time full of the Holy Spirit and of divine wisdom for every service.