Never
wear a tunic that doesn’t belong to you. When you do that, you create
difficulties for a lot of people around you, and to yourself too.
That
tunic doesn’t fit you… it wasn’t made for you!
Each
one of us has a goal, a purpose of life, and God, our creator, us given us a
variety of gifts and skills. Some had received more, others less, as God
wanted! Nothing to contest, but a lot of to thank! God is God!
But
we need to work on this gifts, do our part, follow every advice given,
accomplish the mission according to our own talents.
When
we wear a tunic that doesn’t belong to us, we fail. It is very common to see
that at work, in the school, at the club, anywhere! We notice many people
working on projects that they are not really ready for!
In
politics approaches, this is so common, so frequently...
In
John 19:23 and 24, the roman soldiers because of the crucifixion, had taken
Jhesus clothes and shared it in four parts, but the tunic had been sorted out
among them, because of its good fabric and there was no sewing. If they wanted
to rip it off, they would have to thrown it away. That’s why they sorted it
out.
And
they did that, to follow the holy scriptures, because in Salms 22:18 it is
written by king Davi, many centuries before Jhesus was born: “Shared my clothes
among you and about my tunic, lots of luck.”
And
God have given away tunics of unction to his sons. Some had got twice as much
unction. Eliseu had got it! He was disciple of Elias. Elias had performed seven
miracles, while Eliseu had performed fourteen miracles and the last one had
happened a couple of years after Eliseu’s death. How come?
Well,
in the heat of a battle a soldier dropped dead exactly in the place where
located Eliseu’s bones, and the body of the soldier when touched the bones of
the prophet, had immediately regained life and returns to the battle, now
totally covered with God’s unction.
God
wishes to give you the same double unction and, to obtain it, it is necessary
that you obey him, just like Josué, Joseph of Egipt and king Davi, three sons
of God that had got the tunic of unction.
Josué
was the son of Num, and after Moses death, was chosen by God to guide the
Hebrew people, to Canaã, the promissed land. And Josué reigned over a nation,
and he also had the unction of authority, determined by God. Everything running
very well for Josué, by the way, he obeyed God and had intimacy with him.
And
Joseph? He was Jacob’s dear son, with his wife Raquel, a woman that he had
worked for long fourteen years to his father in law. And Jacob always prefered
Joseph. This had broght a feeling of anger among the rest of the brothers, that
they even wished to kill him.
And,
in the day that they decided to kill him, he was wearing the tunic that his
father gave him. The old brothers, after a violent discussion decided to throw
him in the well in the desert. The well is very deep, and it is impossible get
out of there. Joseph got desperated and started to scream very loud, and
because of this, a group of travelers passing by near, helped him get out of
the well, and sold him as a slave in Egipt.
Joseph’s
tunic had a great blood stain and it was handed to Jacob. When Jacob
received the tunic of the beloved son, he started crying, thinking that Joseph
had been eaten by a wild animal. In Genesis 37:3 e 4, we read: “Israel (Jacob)
loved more Joseph than his others sons because he was the son of his old age,
and made him a tunic with long sleeves. The brothers knew that their father
loved Joseph more than anybody else, they started hating him and were not able
to have any placefull conversation.
Sometimes
we put lots of efforts to achieve some goals and we fail. What do we need to
have?
It is
intimacy with God… The presence of God.
Those
who have intimacy with God ask for the grace and they are heard; God even
approaches your ear, so you can hear him clearly and automatically his grace
manifests with all his power, freeing the grace given.
Only
special sons have intimacy with God, they dedicate exclusively to him. It’s
very simple and absolutely efficient.
My
friend, preacher Aparecido, wished to see God and then God had appeared to him
saying: “Observe the man, he is one part solid and two parts liquid. Observe
the planet Earth, one part is solid and two parts are liquid. And about me? I
am great! I am the great, I am!
If
you read Isahias 40:12 you will understand how great God is!
If
you read Apocalipse 3:20 you will have intimacy with God!
And
in an specific occasion, king Davi complained to God: “OH Lord! They shared my
tunic among themselves.”
But
Davi was a man according to God’s heart. He suffered a lot because of his
mistakes. But when he regreted, the cried and claimed for God his
forgiveness.
God
heard him and forgive him, and Davi always get God’s unction, and us we read in
1 Chronicles 29:28, “Died in an old age, full of days of richness and glory;
and Salomon, his son, has reigned in his place.”
Jhesus
wants to return, the signs shows that his return is near. Very near! Therefore
people of the world are trying to stop him from returning, people full of pride
and never worried about those who suffer around.
Joseph
of Egipt wanted to save his nation. He made it!
King
Davi wanted to unite the nations of Israel. He made it!
Jhesus
wanted to bring together all the nations.
In
Genesis 17, God talks to Abraham: “We will have an alliance and you will be
multiplied extraordinarily.” To God, each family is a nation, my dear
reader.
For
you that reads me, and is a descendant of Abraham, has the responsibility to
bless all the nations. How many nations have you blessed and saved? Where is
your tunic, my dear? When are you going to play the role that God reserved for
you?
Never
have doubts about responsabilities with God, and I, João Antonio Pagliosa, know
and recognize that my only tunic is to talk and write about the word of God. He
has given me gifts and I cannot refuse them, because if I do, he will find
somebody else, and I will be having no more, the glory from God. Think
seriously about this, man and woman!
All
that wears a tunic have also a scepter and the crown. And the proper God
declared: “You will be kings and preachers.”
Who
is the priest in your home? You, as a man, need to play this role, and you
woman learn to be submiss to your husband.
When
a man can’t play this role, God rise the woman to do it. But, when the man wake
up from your lethargy and play your role, the wife will understand and will
give support to him.
A
home in which the husband plays the role of priest is full of unction of God,
and this family will prosper and will live the hapiness of God.
Remenber,
God is king and has a tunic, a scepter and a crown. We, christians represent
him, so we need to have a tunic, a scepter and a crown.
Davi
was hated by king Saul, who tried to kill him several times. And in at least
three occasions Davi could have killed Saul, but he didn't do it, because he
recognized that Saul had the unction of God, and Davi trust in God and we can't
embarass God with unadequated and failed actions. We can't wear the tunic that
doesn't belong to us.
And
Davi defeated Golies because of his faith.Upon God, you are not different from
Davi and therefore, you can defeat your giants.
You
will be able to exterminate, aniquilate and destroy all your giants and
your difficulties because of your faith and perseverance in Jhesus.
So,
my dear reader, learn to take care of your ministery, not only because God, but
because yourself. Wear your tunic according to the gifts given to you.
There
is a tunic for each ministery, and there is an infinity of gifts. They are
incontable, but at least God has given one, to you. Find out about this gift
and be careful with the ministery that God gave to you. And be sure that God
will test you. Do you remenber the parable of the talents?
And
God has created us as one. We are all equals for the salvation, but we are not
equals for the function.
"Do
each one according to the gifts given to you."
King
Saul failed because he disobeyed God, therefore be very careful with the
judgement door in your life. Don't doubt that God is a pure fire consumer.
And
the history of Joh that shows that the evil can take everything away from your
life, but the evil can't take away the purpose that God had reserved for us.
Joh's ministerial tunic was intersection, and the Bible shows us that from the
moment that Joh prayed for others, he prospered. His unction came to him twice
as much.
Nobody
can beat God in blessings! Josue, Joseph, Davi, and even Jhesus are
magnificient examples that shows it.
You
may be taken away from your territory, just like Joseph, but God will bless you
wherever you may be. Daniel was thrown in the starving lions cage. But God
loved Daniel and simply ordered the animals not to eat in that day. And Daniel
had escaped harmless!
God
will eat your enemies as if they were a piece of bread, or brioches, because he
is worried about you and wants you to have only victories, but if you murmur,
you won't be blessed. You will be suffering if you keep in murmuring.
Well,
stop suffering! Trust exclusively in God with an inshakeable faith. Then you
will be light of the world, the salt of earth, you will brighten people around
you.
Post
scriptum:This article had been written under the ministry of priest Aparecido
Rodrigues, at MEVA Church, in Curitiba, Parana State, Brazil, in February
14 th, 2016
João Antonio Pagliosa
