When Paul received a revelation from the Lord that he should preach the gospel to the gentiles, he first went to Jerusalem to meet the Apostles who were entrusted with the same task of preaching the gospel to the Jews. Although his task was unique as he was specifically sent to the gentiles, the work of preaching the gospel was not unique to him. So, he was not the first and the only one in the field of preaching the gospel.
Even if you are gifted in a unique and special way, you need to acknowledge and respect the people you found in the field. You need to consult and work with those who have been in the ministry before you. Cooperating, and acknowledging those who came before you will make you stand on their shoulders and obtain a wider and bigger vision. Don’t allow ego, pride, and arrogance to make you despise your fathers, but you should stand on their shoulders to obtain greater success. You need them to help you to succeed.
See what the scriptures say in
Galatians 2:1-6 ESV (1) “Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me. (2) I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure I was not running or had not run in vain. (3) But even Titus, who was with me, was not forced to be circumcised, though he was a Greek. (4) Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who slipped in to spy out the freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery— (5) to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you. (6) And from those who seemed to be influential (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)—those, I say, who seemed influential added nothing to me.”
*Stand on the shoulders of your fathers*.
From Simtandile Dlepuma.
Stay blessed.