Hello friends,
I'd like to introduce you to BethElRuach a group where every man is a minister! A minister not in a titular way, but in a functional manner, ministering to needs in the body under grace and authority bestowed by His Spirit (Ruach) to function in that given capacity.
The concept of BethElRuach was birthed after the Lord said to me through my own voice shouting out as I was performing a daily mundane task, these words:
EVERY MAN A MINISTER!
To say the least I was very startled at this occurrence, not to mention my neighbors who must have heard me shouting through the walls!
Since then, I have come to realize that this is not merely a shout, but a roar from God’s heart to awaken us His children from passivity to activity, to become 'feeders' also rather than being singularly and perpetually fed, and to cause us to grow from childhood dependence to ‘sonship’ and ‘heirdom’. Seeing this desire fulfilled would fulfil His Word regarding the Body of Christ growing into "The measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ".
This is what Joel prophesied regarding the times we are in - Joel 2:1 – Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand
He describes His end-time army in Joel 2:7 thus - They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march EVERY ONE ON HIS WAYS, and they shall not break their ranks
Seeing that this is a great work, God has not left us without means to accomplish, for He said in verses 28 and 29, after calling his people to draw near with their hearts in Joel 2: 28 - And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
2:29 and also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. (no spectators here!)
Out of this BethElRuach was born! – A forum primarily aimed at ministering to the needs of the Body of Christ so that no one lacks. As it were – your provision meets my need; my provision meets your need and so on…..
BethElRuach - House of God’s Spirit (literal translation)
BethEl: The place where Jacob first lay his head to sleep after his father had sent him out to accomplish the first step towards fulfilling the promise that God had given to Abraham i.e. finding a wife, and producing the heirs of promise. While he slept he dreamt and saw a ladder leading up to Heaven from the earth, with angels ascending and descending. Upon awakening he named the place that was called Luz, Bethel - House of God or Gate of Heaven; so also as we were once called sinners we are now God’s building (I Cor3:9b) and also the gateway through which others may get to know God.
Ruach: spirit, breath, wind – all words used to describe God's Spirit. In this context however, it does not merely mean air as in breath, but represents force of wind, invisible force or power that propels.
Let’s picture this: A jet ski though fast, is noisy, and dependent on it’s own engines fuel and may travel because of it’s limited fuel reservoir, a few miles at best before the fuel dissipates (sound familiar? Been there done, and sometimes still doing that) and it's journey is aborted.
In contrast; A yacht, gets to the free waters initially propelled by fuel (we must do something!), BUT when it catches the wind in it’s sails, it suddenly and silently begins to glide, cutting through the waters powerfully, expending not a joule of internally generated energy, traveling as far as the wind will carry…….
I Pet 4: 10, 11 states: As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
As BethElRuach, we are individually and collectively God’s 'yachts', propelled from within by Ruach – God’s Spirit who gives us force of wind to go wherever He wants us to go, and as far as He will take us, which with Him being without limits, releases us to a life without limits!
So I invite you. Come aboard share your gifts, your talents, a word of encouragement, a poem, a song, a miracle, a testimony, a prayer, a vision, a call…… We are BethElRuach......
EVERY MAN, A MINISTER!
