Fighting For a Seat God Never Reserved for You (CONT'D)

Segun Iwasanmi
@iwasanmisegun212159
1 month ago

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"This Thing Called Life" Series — Episode 14
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Last week, I met an old classmate. She used to bake cakes for birthdays and church events. Her cakes were more than food,they were happiness covered in icing. But now she was telling me how she closed the bakery to “face ministry.” I smiled and asked, “And how’s the ministry?” Her face fell. “It’s been hard,” she said. “No direction, no joy, no fruit.”

I didn’t laugh. I only whispered, “Maybe the kitchen was your altar.”

Some of us are leaving our divine lane to chase what others celebrate. We think ministry is only about holding a mic, not realizing that the usher who helps one lost soul find a seat is as valuable as the preacher who wins thousands. God doesn’t reward fame. He rewards faithfulness.

But let me say this very clearly: this message is not for you to start judging who is genuinely called and who is not. That’s dangerous ground. Some people you think are just ambitious are actually walking in God’s leading. Heaven’s call doesn’t always make sense to human logic. If you start using your human scale to measure divine instructions, you’ll misjudge people and earn God’s displeasure.

So before you roll your eyes at someone’s new path, pause. Ask yourself, “Did God send me to be their examiner?” Because the same God who called Moses to the mountain is the same God who told Bezaleel to stay behind and design the tabernacle. Both were working for the same kingdom.

The day you understand that faithfulness is better than popularity, you’ll rest. You’ll stop comparing your growth with another’s. You’ll stop praying for a calling that looks “important” and start watering the one God already gave you.

Because some are bleeding from battles they weren’t meant to fight, fighting for chairs that were never theirs, and crying over crowns that don’t fit their heads.

And maybe, just maybe, that’s why heaven has been silent on your promotion,because you left the seat that already had your name on it.

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