Yesterday, I had a good time fellowshipping with Tieng. She said something that I really agreed with. What she said was that there are people who are preaches who preach, evangelists who evangelize, prophets who prophesy and healers who heal but a true son and daughter of God can do all of these things.
Basically, she is saying that she doesn't want a professional label or a specific thing that she does in God's kingdom because as a daughter of God, we can do all of these things; not just one. I really want to come to the place of being a true daughter. Many times because of our own carnal egoistic nature, we tend to subconsciously convince ourselves that God needs our help when the truth of the matter is that God doesn't need our help, He even want our help. He wants a relationship with us. We do things not for the sake of helping God but it is because we love Him, we want to do what is on His heart.
Last night, Austin also explained to us about what does fruits really mean in the bible, he told us about what exactly a high call meant. When he talked about fruits, many of us think that it is the number of people we've brought to Christ, the number of sheep we had and how well they are doing; he explained that these are not fruits but in fact they are the result of the success of our ministry. What fruits really are is the fruits of the Spirit. Long suffering, patience, kindness etc. The high call of God also does not mean that there is a "normal" call but it is relative to height. Heaven is above and earth is below, so a high call usually means something to do with full-time ministry or the mission field; closer to heaven in respect to height. However, a secular calling like the market place is an earthly calling. It doesn't mean that the full-time is better than the market place, it just means that in terms of height, it is closer to heaven's calling. Austin explained that if a person called to drive a taxi and preaches to every customer is compared to a pastor, the taxi driver might have more riches in heaven instead of the pastor if he obeys everything that God has commanded him to do, whereas if the pastor might have missed some things and didn't obey God.
I really enjoy fellowshipping with Tieng and learning from the leaders. Sometimes, I only get to learn from them once in six months. Like a really sit down and just eat and talk about the kingdom. I value all these experiences and try to learn as much as I can whenever because the next one is probably three to four months away. I want to learn so much more about God's kingdom and the bible and I want to see the supernatural become natural in my life. I don't want to just talk but I want to walk the talk, I want to live like the apostles in Acts. I desire and long for the day to see Jesus and rejoice and love on Him and to just sit at His feet and gaze at Him.
I don't care if people call me flakey or fake or too into the spiritual things. It is our birthright, we are meant for so much more than what we are living now. This is my birthright: a daughter of the Most High.