READ: Galatians 6:6-10
“A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? And if I be a master, where is my fear…” – Malachi 1:6
I once had a dream that I was to honour a man of God and the Lord told me that if I did not honour him, I would not get to certain heights in ministry. I have had enough experiences and reasons not to honour the man of God. It is my conviction that keeps me on the road of honouring him and I do so easily because I have the conviction to do so.
Without a deep-seated conviction, you will never really be able to honour a man of God. For instance, you may find out that the man of God you want to honour is far wealthier than you are. Why should you give money to someone who does not need it? This is a good logical reason to keep you from honouring God’s servant.
I once prepared an offering to give to a man of God but before I could present it, he mentioned in his preaching that his tithes for that year had been something like twenty-five million dollars. I thought to myself, “Wow! Twenty-five million dollars! That means his income for that year was about two hundred and fifty million dollars. This man is super wealthy. I do not even have one million dollars. Why should I give him my crumbs?”
However, God spoke to me to honour him, even though he had far more than I did. Obeying God in that was one of the best decisions of my life! Honouring that man of God was very important to my life and ministry. I was not meeting his financial needs. I just needed to honour him! That was the will of God!