Message of the Week: The Holy Spirit and your Assignment

Sam Adeyemi
Your assignment is the area of service into which God has called you to meet needs and solve problems in people’s lives. To fulfil these assignments, the Holy Spirit equips us with different gifts to suit the different assignments. In GAL 2:7-9, Paul describes how he was called to be an apostle to the uncircumcised; and Peter to the circumcised. God worked effectively through both of them, to different people and for different purposes.
To fulfil your assignment, you first must discover the problem you have been empowered by God to solve. The Holy Spirit will stir your heart towards a particular need or problem; so we must learn to be sensitive to His nudgings. With the power of the Holy Spirit on our lives, we will achieve extraordinary results because grace is available in your area of calling. When God’s unusual power is working through you, it’s perceivable. So, to discover your assignment, go to God. Ask God, “What will you have me do?” not “What will you do for me?” Remember... seek ye first the Kingdom of God and all things will be added unto you...”
Other tips for discovering your God-gvien assignment include:
Be sensitive to your passions. What touches your heart and motivates you? What do you really love doing?
X-ray your past experiences, what works for you?
Maximize opportunities to serve, e.g. In church. You can start with the prayer group if you can’t seem to identify with any unit.
Check your design - are you a thinker, speaker or planner? You were specially crafted for the fulfilment of your unique assignment.
Work hard! Use your potential to the best. Nothing works until your work it. Laziness and the anointing cannot work together. To fulfil purpose you must work in consonance with God.
In our nation today, we need, more than ever before, apostles, people with pioneering spirits who will break away from tradition and establish new standards for everyone. Without change there cannot be improvement. However, this is not attainable with human ability. The anointing of the Holy Spirit makes the difference.