The fact that you mean well does not guarantee that your gesture will be well received.
I can tell you stories upon stories of good intention gone bad. I remember a story I read that was narrated by Kathryn Kuhlman. She said that she wanted to impress her mum when she was about 8 years old. She decided to wash all the clothes in the laundry basket. She had washed and hung them by the time her mother got back home. She couldn't wait for Mama to see what she had done.
Soon enough, Mama returned and saw what she had done! Thankfully, her mum was not like some women- Kathryn may not have survived the beating that would have followed, lol. She had washed all the clothes TOGETHER! The coloured ones had ruined the neutral ones. If you want to know the rest of the story, send a private message, lol.
Paul had a service for Jerusalem, he had GOOD INTENTIONS...However, he was wise enough to realise that his service may not be accepted by the saints. Therefore, he requested for prayers "...that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;" (Romans 15:31).
The fact that you have a call/service/fill in the gap does not mean that it will be acceptable to all saints. It doesn't stop them from being saints and it doesn't mean you're not sent.
Spend some time to pray 1) to verify the authenticity of the service 2) to confirm that the timing of the delivery is right and 3) for acceptability of the service to the intended audience. You can then deliver the service.
I am still studying the scriptures so I cannot claim to be all-knowing. I do not believe that all the saints in Jerusalem accepted Paul's service. There were still some that must have rejected it.
If your God-ordained service has been rejected by some of your target audience, you are in good company...
"He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:" (John 1:11-12).
I'll leave you with this intriguing statement by Paul, the Apostle...
"And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some." (1 Corinthians 9:20-22).
Just SOME? After all that 'wahala'?
Have a blessed and productive day.
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