{"id":17943,"date":"2026-01-21T17:05:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/?p=17943"},"modified":"2026-01-27T17:06:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T17:06:56","slug":"pastoral-shepherding-in-blessedness-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/pastoral-shepherding-in-blessedness-3\/","title":{"rendered":"PASTORAL SHEPHERDING IN BLESSEDNESS\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PASTORAL SHEPHERDING IN BLESSEDNESS: GOD NEEDS YOUR AVAILABILITY NOT YOUR ABILITY!\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“Brothers and sisters, together FOLLOW my example and OBSERVE those who live by the pattern we gave you. 18 For there ARE many, of whom I have often told you, and now tell you even with tears, who LIVE as ENEMIES of the cross of Christ [rejecting and opposing His way of salvation], 19 whose fate is destruction, whose god is their BELLY [their worldly APPETITE, their SENSUALITY, their VANITY], and whose glory is in their shame\u2014who focus their mind on EARTHLY and TEMPORAL things”<\/i>\u00a0Philippians 3:17-19\/Amplified.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

God\u00a0seeks\u00a0for pure,\u00a0genuine,\u00a0and\u00a0good-hearted\u00a0Shepherds over the sheep in\u00a0these days\u00a0of crafty,\u00a0cunning\u00a0and heiring agents of\u00a0satan\u00a0putting on the cloak as God’s own. It’s imperative that the SHEPHERD of the SHEEP is set to FEED the flocks of God with the WORD, not a hireling who set to feed with adulteration, counterfeit and lies\u00a0[Jeremiah 3:15; John 21:15-17; Philippians 1:15-18]<\/b>; and the shepherd is equally set to stay on the PLACE OF CALLING [responsibility and accountability in principle], if you want to live FULFILLED and not as a NOISE MAKER and SELF SEEKING individual, whose MINISTRY is more of the BELLY and to lure others away in the name of God\u00a0[Philippians 3:17-19\/Amplified.]<\/b>, God is so particular of the flocks [Sheep and Lamb] to be in healthy state, and part of doing that is to\u00a0feed\u00a0them with the Word than giving excuses of misgivings as Jesus rightly instruct Peter not to give but to feed.\u00a0It’s\u00a0a DUTY. An INSTRUCTION.\u00a0It’s\u00a0not\u00a0an ADVICE.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“So\u00a0when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas,\u00a0lovest\u00a0thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, FEED MY LAMBS. 16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas,\u00a0lovest\u00a0thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, FEED MY SHEEP. 17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas,\u00a0lovest\u00a0thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time,\u00a0Lovest\u00a0thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, FEED MY SHEEP”\u00a0<\/i>John 21:15-17.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Be thou DILIGENT to know the STATE of thy\u00a0FLOCKS, and\u00a0LOOK WELL to thy HERDS . . .”<\/i>\u00a0Proverbs 27:23-27.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

God\u00a0seeks\u00a0for VESSELS to use and not ORNAMENTS for museum,\u00a0in order to\u00a0fulfill and\u00a0accomplish\u00a0His REDEMPTION kingdom cause – plan, purpose and pursuit – on the earth, to keep the enemy and cohorts at bay. Therefore, dear PASTOR – please STOP all the NOISE and be at the DUTY Post, for God seek your AVAILABILITY for His Kingdom causes and not your ABILITY, in order to use you to fulfill His BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus – THAT’S ALL THAT’S NEEDED ALL THE WAY IN THE NOW.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Nevertheless\u00a0the FOUNDATION of God STANDETH SURE, having this seal, The Lord KNOWETH them that are his.\u00a0And,\u00a0let\u00a0everyone\u00a0that\u00a0nameth\u00a0the name of Christ DEPART FROM INIQUITY. 20 But in a great house there are not only VESSELS of gold\u00a0and of\u00a0silver, but also of wood and of earth; and SOME TO HONOUR, AND SOME TO DISHONOUR. 21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a VESSEL UNTO HONOUR, SANCTIFIED, and MEET [QUALIFIED] for the master\u2019s use, and PREPARED unto every\u00a0good work”<\/i>\u00a02 Timothy 2:19-21\/Emphasis Mine.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Your AVAILABILITY and not your ABILITY is all that God needs from you to help create and\u00a0initiate\u00a0the atmosphere He earnestly intend to happen through you,\u00a0and as He long to see you make the DIFFERENCE in HUMANITY. Therefore,\u00a0it’s\u00a0time to make yourself AVAILABLE for God’s SUFFICIENCY to make you BECOME in Him, just as Apostle Paul earnestly\u00a0labour\u00a0and craved daily for the good of the Sheep – the Churches of God, in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Not that we are SUFFICIENT of ourselves to think\u00a0anything\u00a0as of ourselves; but our SUFFICIENCY is of God; 6 who also hath MADE US ABLE MINISTERS of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter\u00a0killeth, but the spirit giveth life”<\/i>\u00a02 Corinthians 3:5-6.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Beside those things that are WITHOUT, that which COMETH upon me DAILY, the CARE of all the churches”<\/i>\u00a02 Corinthians 11:28<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore,\u00a0stop all the NOISE of what you can do that\u00a0hasn\u2019t\u00a0taken you any higher than that CIRCUS and CIRCLE\u00a0you\u2019ve\u00a0been wandering and\u00a0wondering\u00a0around\u00a0in\u00a0all\u00a0these times. God is not a\u00a0magician,\u00a0and He does no magic though He does MIRACLE – and for God, MIRACLES are the consequence of His WORD. Therefore, just REPORT at your DUTY post of CALLING, it’s your AVAILABILITY not your ABILITY that God is interested in, to make things HAPPEN for you today and tomorrow and for the good of all; otherwise you will become a MAGICIAN trying to get THINGS to happen or done by any and every means in the name of God. PLEASE DON’T and PLEASE STOP – and stay only on your DUTY POST.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“And say to Archippus, TAKE HEED TO THE MINISTRY which thou hast RECEIVED in the Lord, that thou FULFIL it”<\/i>\u00a0Colossians 4:17.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Be the SHEPHERD of the SHEEP by the WORD, not a hireling; and stay on your PLACE OF CALLING if you want to live FULFILLED and not as a NOISE MAKER; but as a Pastoral Shepherd, to feed God’s sheep with knowledge and understanding of His will, and their rights and privileges as a done work for them in REDEMPTION in Christ Jesus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“And I will GIVE you PASTORS [SHEPHERD] according to mine heart, which shall FEED you with KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING”<\/i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b>Jeremiah 3:15.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Can YOU make the YOU available today to God in fulfilling His PLAN,\u00a0PURPOSE\u00a0AND PURSUIT?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I pray that our God gives you the enabling grace,\u00a0wisdom\u00a0and speed in\u00a0every way\u00a0in His BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead to do life and live godly in Him. Amen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“And now, brethren, I COMMEND you to God, and to the WORD of his grace, which is ABLE to BUILD you up, and to GIVE you an INHERITANCE among\u00a0all\u00a0them which are SANCTIFIED”<\/i>\u00a0Acts 20:32.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: 5 not that we are SUFFICIENT of ourselves to think\u00a0anything\u00a0as of ourselves; but our SUFFICIENCY is of God; 6 who also hath MADE us ABLE MINISTERS of the NEW TESTAMENT; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter\u00a0killeth, but the spirit giveth life”<\/i>\u00a02 Corinthians 3:4-6.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“And say to Archippus, TAKE HEED TO THE MINISTRY which thou hast RECEIVED in the Lord, that thou FULFIL it”<\/i>\u00a0Colossians 4:17.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“. . . 11 I am the GOOD shepherd: the good shepherd GIVETH his life for the sheep.\u00a012 But he that is\u00a0an\u00a0HIRELING, and not the shepherd,\u00a0whose\u00a0own the sheep are not,\u00a0seeth\u00a0the wolf coming, and\u00a0leaveth\u00a0the sheep, and\u00a0fleeth: and the wolf\u00a0catcheth\u00a0them, and\u00a0scattereth\u00a0the sheep.\u00a013.\u00a0The\u00a0hireling\u00a0fleeth, because he is\u00a0an\u00a0hireling, and\u00a0careth\u00a0not for the sheep.\u00a014.\u00a0I am\u00a0the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine . . .”\u00a0<\/i>John 10:1-18.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Some indeed PREACH Christ even of ENVY and STRIFE; and some also of GOOD WILL: 16 the one PREACH Christ of CONTENTION, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds: 17 but the OTHER of LOVE, knowing that I am set for the\u00a0defence\u00a0of the gospel. 18 What then?\u00a0notwithstanding, every way, whether in PRETENCE, or in TRUTH, Christ is PREACHED; and I\u00a0therein\u00a0do rejoice,\u00a0yea, and will rejoice”<\/i>\u00a0Philippians 1:15-18.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Brethren, be FOLLOWERS together of me, and mark them which WALK so as ye have us for an\u00a0ensample. 18 (For many WALK, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the ENEMIES of the cross of Christ: 19 whose end is destruction, whose God is their BELLY, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind EARTHLY things.) 20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: 21 who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself”<\/i>\u00a0Philippians 3:17-21.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Lord is MY SHEPHERD; I shall not\u00a0want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters . . .”<\/i>\u00a0Psalms 23.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that GREAT SHEPHERD of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 21 make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is\u00a0wellpleasing\u00a0in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen”<\/i>\u00a0Hebrews 13:20-21.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: 2 FEED THE FLOCK of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; 3 neither as being lords over God\u2019s heritage, but being ENSAMPLES to the flock. 4 And when the CHIEF SHEPHERD shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that\u00a0fadeth\u00a0not away”<\/i>\u00a01 Peter 5:1-4.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

REV. CHUKIE MORSI<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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