The REAL Deal

I’ve been in the body of Christ since I was in my early twenties, I am now almost fifty one. During this time it is fair to say that I have seen and experienced a lot. A lot of really great, honest things of God and a lot of crap trying to pass itself off as God stuff. A case in point, I recently received information of the death of a man I truly admired as a brother in Christ, Sevelyuk Taras Iosifovich
In this day of anointings, callings, giftings or whatever label we attempt to put on people in order to validate “their” ministry in the eyes of others, it’s nice to know I’ve had the opportunity to meet the real deal in Taras. I have been witness to many people claiming to be apostles in an attempt to build a ministry around themselves by having such a “calling”.
Taras WAS. I can truly say in my life I have met an apostle, maybe not in the sense of Paul or Peter but by todays standard for sure, no other, just Taras. (okay maybe ONE in Africa). Aside from Taras I would place the other wanna be’s in the catagory of “spiritual car sales men”, sorry guys but you just don’t “got it” beyond the “wheeler dealer anointing”.
There’s a lot to be said about apostleship but one thing’s for sure, when you look out across a persons life and see a vast orchard of trees each producing a harvest of fruit in areas that at one time had laid barren and it represents the labor of that man’s life, that’s one sign of an apostle. There are more signs and Taras was the majority of them.
The apostles I see around me can’t seem to get out into the barren areas let alone make any attempt to sow, there’s  just a bunch of balloons, “hot deals”, circus ploys, and fast talk’n, in an attempt to “close a deal” and “get ya in the door”.
I’m glad and truly blessed that I had the opportunity to meet the real deal in Taras. It’s fair to say that to some degree the glory of God has departed from the temple and the world has become a little bit harder for those of us who remain.

“Hallelujah!”