READ: Exodus 35: 4-5, 21-22
And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God… :-Haggai 1:14
If people are not stirred up, they will not give to support the vision. Some pastors do not know why they do not have enough money. They have not learnt how to stir people up to give. Moses was asked to receive an offering from willing people. People become willing to give when the Holy Spirit stirs them up to give. They give willingly when they are stirred up by their leader. You must develop the art of stirring up the congregation to give and to support the work of God. You must watch out for signs that people are stirred up to give.
A leader must stir up the people to use their skills for God. There are many gifted people around you. Most of them will live and die without showing you what they can really do. If you stir them up, you will find out that you have the most talented people around you. There are women who can do amazing things if you stir them up and give them work.
I have seen many women released in the ministry who can do amazing things because they have been stirred up to serve the Lord. “And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats’ hair” (Exodus 35:25-26).
There are many men, like Bezaleel, who can do wonders if they are released to serve God. Bezaleel was used greatly by God (Exodus 36:1-2). Even though Bezaleel and Aholiab had wisdom and skill, they still needed to be stirred up to serve the Lord.