Apostle Dr. D.L. Wallace PhD., D.Div.

Beloved, many of you especially those of you in leadership have been seeking God and asking Him to make certain changes in your lives, some of which relate to your ministry and others which relate to your life. However, what God wants to know is do you really want change or do you just want to complain? If you truly desire God to change the things you have sought Him for, you need to prepare yourselves for the change that is about to come. When God moves in any area of our lives, more often than not it requires us to surrender that part of us that connects to the change you desire. For example, if you are single or in an unfulfilling marriage and you are asking God to change that situation, God will require you to surrender your emotions, perceptions, desires, attitudes,and priorities as well as whatever idols you have that pertain to that area of your life, who you are, and what you are entitled to or deserve. More often than not when there is an area of our life that is not operating the way God intended there are one or more of these areas that are not lined up with God's word or God's will. Either we typically subscribe to the notions that it is not time and we are waiting on God or that some other person or group is failing to do their part; however, the reality is that the movement of our lives is based on our responses to God not other people's responses to us. The point I am making is that God's change in any area of our lives is based on our willingness to change into what God intends us to be. Now for those who are in leadership, it is important for you to recognize that progress in any area of your life is dependent upon your progress in your personal walk with God, not your function in ministry. Therefore it is important that you make sure that you are not so busy trying to develop the people that you don't allow time for God to develop you. There are so many in leadership that are experiencing the same trials and the same situations year after year (and are responding to them the same way) that their lives resemble the Children of Israel wandering in the wilderness for 40 years-- never learning and never moving into their promise and spending their entire lives complaining about the process that was intended to lead them into their promise. Never allow yourself to get so consumed with serving that you neglect your relationship with the God you serve or allow the opinion of the people, (including those you consider your peers) that you forget that you are accountable only to God. Remember God and only God can bless you, promote you, anoint you, or judge you. People merely take it upon themselves to express opinions hoping to convince you that they matter.        January 4th, 2017    www.dlwallaceministries.com