Often our ministry to others hinges more on who we are than it does on the words we say. Words are critical but the reality of who we credibly are is far more vital.
A minister who is a workaholic cannot credibly preach on rest. We can only teach others what we already live ourselves.
Often we accomplish so little in ministry because we focus too much on doing and not enough on being. Often once we are the person God intends us to be than we can accomplish things.
Of course we will never be perfect and we should never let our imperfections make us feel inadequate to serve. If we know we are inadequate we have likely learned far more than we imagine. The natural mind never sees itself as spiritually inadequate.
God is always with us in our efforts but our efforts are greatly magnified by first becoming someone. Who we are has a great influence on the success of what we say.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014
Becoming Someone
Man is created in the image of God. His greatness is derived from the image of God within him.
The image of God is marred by sin. Sin may seem exciting in the moment, but it deadens man making him worse for the sin.
When a man accepts Jesus and begins to be transformed by sanctification through the work of the Holy Spirit he becomes who he was always meant to be. When we follow God in faith our lives are enriched.
The law of God seems dull and a dreary business to sinful man. The law of course is meant to protect human happiness not hinder it.
God has our best interest in mind. This is evidenced in that God sent his only begotten son into the world to save man.
God's love for man is so great that he loved us while we were his enemies. God is on our side. It is our sin nature which tries to convince us that God does not have our interests in mind.
Of course the interest of man is faith in God. Man can only find true joy when he finds the joy in God.
The call of the bible to worship God may seem dull to sinful man. But it is man's true calling and man will only truly be happy when he finds the joy of his calling.
The image of God is marred by sin. Sin may seem exciting in the moment, but it deadens man making him worse for the sin.
When a man accepts Jesus and begins to be transformed by sanctification through the work of the Holy Spirit he becomes who he was always meant to be. When we follow God in faith our lives are enriched.
The law of God seems dull and a dreary business to sinful man. The law of course is meant to protect human happiness not hinder it.
God has our best interest in mind. This is evidenced in that God sent his only begotten son into the world to save man.
God's love for man is so great that he loved us while we were his enemies. God is on our side. It is our sin nature which tries to convince us that God does not have our interests in mind.
Of course the interest of man is faith in God. Man can only find true joy when he finds the joy in God.
The call of the bible to worship God may seem dull to sinful man. But it is man's true calling and man will only truly be happy when he finds the joy of his calling.
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