Psalm 110:1-7 (KJV)
The Lord said unto my Lord, sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine
enemies thy footstool.
The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of
Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy
power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the
dew of thy youth.
The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through
kings in the day of his wrath.
He shall judge among the heathen; he shall fill the
places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore,
shall he lift the head.
Acts 18:2
A certain Jew named Aquila,
born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife
Priscilla;(because that
Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.
- Sister Priscilla was an exile, a stranger, a
foreigner, a pilgrim who had been sent out of her own country.
- As a refugee, her life could not have
been easy, certainly not in the initial period they were sent out.
- There was no indication that they were
believers when they took Paul in, the Scripture said they were of the same
trade, tent makers.
- Paul continued in Corinth for a year and six
months, living in Priscilla’s house.
- By the end of that time Priscilla has believed
and become the gospel that Paul preached.
- So much so that Paul took her husband and
herself with him on his next journey.
- He left them in Ephesus to cater for the
church in Ephesus while he went to Jerusalem.
Romans 16:3
Greet Priscilla
and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus
1 Corinthians 16:19
The churches of
Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church
that is in their house.
2 Timothy 4:19
Salute Priscilla
and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus
- She opened her house to all the brethren, if
you were in town and you needed somewhere to stay, no problem you know at
whatever time you got to sis Priscilla's house you had a warm bed and some
food.
- She worked hand in hand with her husband to
raise a church in their house.
- She spotted this young man who needed a
handler, a disicpler, and she took in Apollos who under her husband’s hand
was taught the mystery of the gospel.
- She prayed many into the kingdom and laboured
in prayer until Christ was formed in them.
- How many people went through Sis Priscilla’s
hand and home? Only eternity will tell.
- She did not have an office, a title or a
ministry yet she was a mother of many, a rod in God’s hand used in the early
church to bring many to maturity in Christ.
- Incidentally, there was no mention of her own
children, perhaps she did not have any; or did she?
- Difficult as her life was, traumatic as it was
for her to be thrown out of her home as a Jew, this woman was not seating
down nursing her wounds.
- Childless as she may have been, she was not
weeping for her lot in life, she was not focussing on that situation as
soon as she received the gospel from Paul and believed, she set out to
work and fulfil her own part in the preaching of the gospel.
- She served under her husband, deferring to her
husband, following his lead under the hand of Paul.
- No complaints, no moaning, no recourse, no
catering to her own needs, her own security, her own life, she was sold
out completely.
- She was a woman submitted to and under her
husband’s God given authority, she received and obeyed instructions from
him as he received from Paul.
SHE WAS A DEAD
WOMAN WALKING, ALLOWING CHRIST TO DO HIS OWN THING INSIDE OF HER LIFE.
- Priscilla was available for God to use as He
pleases.
- Priscilla was accessible to God, He could call
her to get up and go at any time and she would obey.
- Priscilla as reachable by God, she was easy to
reach, easy to get to, easy to get hold of by her Lord.
- Priscilla was at hand and on hand for her Master,
after the Lord had emptied her of the old man that dominated her. She
also presented her body, her body parts, her husband, her home, her life,
her time, her security, they were no longer hers because she died.
- She had smashed her life up before her Master,
so He took hold of her life and raised for Himself other lives through
her. Multiplied disciples were raised through her life and nations released from her
womb.
THE QUESTION FOR US TODAY IS, ARE
YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL EVACUATED OF THE OLD MAN AND AVAILABLE FOR YOUR MASTER’S USE?
Prayer Points
- These prayers are for those who are
ready to make this commitment of availability to their Master.
- If you are one of us who has died already at
the cross, please begin to offer your cadaver, your carcass to your Master.
- Offer Him your evacuated body, if you have not
emptied it yet, empty it before the Lord this day and hand it over to Him
deliberately with your own mouth.
- Tell your Master, Lord I am available, I am
your Priscilla, take hold of all of me, all that I am, all that I was, these are all at your disposal.
- Lord Jesus inside of me, please instruct me on
how to serve under the hand of my husband and defer to him, not be his
instructor but rather his student. SoThat together we may become the Aquila and
Priscilla to those the Lord will bring along our way.
- Lord Jesus inside me, please instruct me on
how to serve my husband so that without a word, he will be won to this way
of Calvary and together we will serve you. While I am waiting, I am
available and at your disposal for you to live your life and bring many to
Calvary through this life of mine.
- Lord in my singleness instruct me on how to
serve not as a loose cannon but as a woman under authority, bringing many
to the way of Calvary.
- Pick up your pen and book if you have not done so, write the list of all your family
members, friends, and colleagues who are yet to hear the message of
the cross the way the Lord has presented it to you. Let those who already have a list, please
update it and pray like this:
- Lord, break every barrier, blockade, barricade,
wall set up against the gospel in the hearts of the people on my list.
- Lord, remove every veil of deception, every
fragmented gospel that our people have received, believed, imbibed and
become.
- When the heart turns to the Lord, the veil is
removed. Father, please turn these hearts to You, begin a work in the hearts
of our people.
- Make them restless, agitated in their spirit
about the state of their lives.
- Break their hearts with genuine repentance and let them begin to cry out for help; Lord, I am available, when it is time,
direct me to them. Lead them to me, so I can share the mystery of the
gospel by my words and by my life in Jesus name. Amen.
