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Modern Day Apostles
earth, are still in operation today. We must determine that we are going
to serve God in the businesses and places of employment where God
sends us. We must also see this as worship unto the Lord and as a valid
“full time” ministry where we can disciple our employees or
workmates.
Our jobs and the skills given to us are holy unto the Lord. When we
start really living this out, then we will begin to see the kingdom of
God come into our places of employment. The kingdom of God
comes to any place where He is worshiped in spirit and in truth.
Our skills and giftings are from God. How we use them is our gift of
worship back to Him. For example, when we take a negative situation
in the workplace and apply Kingdom principles such as love or
forgiveness or patience to bring about change for good, then the
Kingdom of God has come to that sphere of influence. Of course, the
Holy Spirit is a perfect gentleman and never forces His kingdom on
anyone. Jesus was the prototype in bringing the Kingdom, and He laid
down his life for the very ones who crucified Him. How can we expect
to expand His Kingdom without doing the same thing?
Marketplace apostles will do the work of an apostle in the business
world and outside of the organized church. In the Scriptures, Joseph is
a perfect example of a marketplace apostle “sent” on a mission outside
of the family business. Bezelel is another example from the Scriptures.
Bezelel was the very first person in the Scriptures of whom it was said
he was “filled with the Holy Spirit.” It wasn’t a priest or even a king
where the Bible first mentions a man being filled with the Holy Spirit,
but a craftsman. “Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: See, I have
called by name Bezelel the son of Uri, the son of Hur of the tribe of
Judah. And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in
understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, to
design artistic works, to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, in cutting
jewels for setting, in carving wood, and to work in all manner of
workmanship.” (Exodus 31:1-5) It is important to see that anointing
from God is very practical and we can worship God through our work
if we labor as if we are working for Him and not man.
True giftings such as apostle and pastor are often corrupted by using
them as titles in front of people’s names, like Pastor Bob or Apostle
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