There are many that believe that because they walk in power and perform miracles and  speak in tongues and prophesy, they are qualified Men/ of God.

There are few deceptions that match this.

The gift doesn’t qualify the Man of God. God qualifies him to be or not.

Jesus said it himself, “ not all that call me “Lord, Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven..”   He goes on to say, “ many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord did we not prophesy in your name?, In your name did we not drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ “

It is Jesus’ response to these that astounds me and terrifies me at the same time. “ Away from me, You evil doors” – WHAT?

They performed Miracles, they prophesied, they drove out demons, they lived in power and in authority… they were doing this in His NAME!!! How could they possibly be workers of iniquity?

Matthew 7 is a chapter that brings to light the state of man from an eternal perspective. There is something else Jesus is looking at here, if it isn’t the wondrous works of the Spirit that prove a man to be his!  If it isn’t the red sea parting or the multiplication of food… If it isn’t the excessive riches or the magnificent authority, then what is it!??

Jesus says the only person that qualifies to enter into his kingdom is the one that DOES the WILL of His Father!

What is the Will? You ask.  Later on in Chapter 25, God describes what it is.  “I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and gave me drink, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in Prison and you came to visit me”
This is the heart of Christ! That we look beyond power and Gifting to see where his heart is. With the broken, with the poor, with the fatherless, with the hopeless… His heart is out for them, to redeem them, to restore them, to love them… through you and me.

Is it possible to run on power without the source? Paul clearly stated that the gifts were to build the Church and to edify it. To equip those with his heart to reach out and bring healing and restoration to the lost and peace to the weary!

We must return to this true heart. The heart To care more for the powerless than for power.  The heart to cloth the naked, to feed the hungry, to look after the sick…  a heart to Love!
It was never about the power to heal, or performing miracles or prophesying riches.   It was never about exposing prosperity for one to believe…. These never heal the world. These bring carnality to the heart of Christ.
Behind the pursuit of “power” and anointing to perform wonders lies a hideous and silent dread.  The Greed for greatness!

To all fellow believers,we are not called to perform miracles… we are called to bring people to the saving Grace of Our Lord. To Live in obedience to his Command. We are called to Love. This is the heart of Christ.