Robert Henderson: Choose God’s Promotion Over Self-Promotion (Mark 10:45)
Channel: King of Kings Worship Center
Date: 28/04/2023

Robert Henderson: Choose God’s Promotion Over Self-Promotion (Mark 10:45)
Robert speaks at the Mantles Conference at King of Kings Worship Center on 10/28/2022. 
Mark 10:43-45 says, “Whoever would be great among you must serve and minister. Whoever wants to be great among you must be servant of all. Even the Son of Man came not to be served but to be a servant—to offer His life as a ransom for others.”

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Isaiah 54 verses 2 through 3, "Enlarge the place of your tent and let them stretch out the curtains of your dwelling. Do not spare. Lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes." Well, watch this. "For you shall expand to the right and to the left, and your descendants will inherit the nations and make desolate cities inhabited." See, watch what He says. He says, "I'm going to bless you. I'm going to so increase you. I'm going to so enlarge you," Watch, "that it's going to allow you to be a part of reclaiming culture." 

It says, "Your descendants will cause the cities that have been desolate to be inhabited." That’s reformation - but it can only happen when we're enlarged. So, God, listen, if you don't hear anything else, you got to hear this. God wants to bless you and enlarge you and increase you for the sake of His kingdom purpose in the earth.  He wants us to be blessed. He wants us increased, but watch, He wants to do it for the sake of his Kingdom. 

Now, the apostle Paul – and Ward Simpson spoke about spheres this morning just a little bit. But in 2 Corinthians 10:12-18, we have the apostle Paul talking about spheres or metrons, or measurements of rule. In other words, boundaries that are set on your life and that as long as you function within those boundaries, you have great effect. So, watch what the apostle Paul is saying, and you know, read with that man's mindset, "For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves, but they measure themselves by themselves and comparing themselves among themselves are not wise."

That's a problem for most of us - we measure ourselves by somebody else, rather than by the assignment of God on our life, or the grace of God. Listen, it's wrong for me to measure myself by someone else who had a different grace on their life than what I have. Completely wrong and yet we do it. It says, "We, however, will not boast beyond measure or outside our sphere, but within the limits of the sphere, which God appoints us. A sphere, which especially includes you." 

So, Paul said, "Look, we're within our boundaries. We're within the realm that God has called us to, for we are not overextending ourselves as though our authority did not extend to you. For it was to you that we came with the gospel of Christ, not boasting of things beyond measure, which is in other men's labors, but having hope that as your faith is increased, we shall be greatly enlarged by you in our sphere."

To preach, why are they being enlarged? "To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you and not to boast in another man's sphere of accomplishment. But He who glories, let him glory in the Lord, for not he who commends himself as approved, but whom the Lord commends." Let me talk to you about a larger sphere out of those scriptures. Some principles as we begin to receive these mantles, as a breaker to break out, what are some principles to stepping into a larger sphere? 

Number one, watch this. It sounds contradictory but watch this. No self-promotion. I hate self-promotion, even when I see it in myself. No self-promotion. Paul said, "We don't class ourselves or compare ourselves or commend ourselves." What does that mean? I'm not promoting myself. I'm not trying to get you to believe how great I am. This is a real problem.

There are things that I don't simply put on Facebook because it has a stench of self-promotion in it. Because I realize if I post that, there's going to be some people, maybe even most that'll say, "Oh, that's wonderful!" But I'll know there's a stench attached to it of me trying to make somebody think I'm a big deal. And I got news for you, for all of you out there that think I am, the two of you.  I'm not. I hate self-importance. I hate it.

That's one of the problems I have with some of the movements in the church today. I know we have to have, we have to have a sense, that we are important to the purpose of God. I get that. But then it slips over a line, it seems, and there is a sense of self-importance that makes you mistreat other people. And God will never trust you with realms of authority or a greater sphere as long as that is a piece of who you are.