Putting Things in Perspective
I am at a camp this week hearing some great messages but, as I was pondering the things God is speaking, I’m reminded that the messages are not great because of the ones delivering them but because of the One who inspired them. God uses the foolish things of the world to confound the wise and, although I’m blessed to be able to serve Him and speak His words at times, He hasn’t spoken to me because I’m more special than the person I’m talking to. He uses me because I allow myself to be used of Him.
In ministry, it can be easy to lose sight of that fact but never forget that God didn’t have to call you. He called you because He trusts you to share His message. At the same time, “to whom much is given, much is required” (Luke 12:48) which means a whole lot is required of you.
James 4:6 says, “God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.” “Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility.” (Proverbs 18:12) “Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it.” (Psalm 127:1) “It’s not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to His mercy He saved us.” (Titus 3:5) These are all verses ministers of the Gospel should read often.
Don’t fall into the trap of becoming an “expert” and always being the one who has to have the right answer. Sometimes, God may desire to teach us something and the day we become unteachable is the day we stop having something to teach others. “For he that sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that sows to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.” (Galatians 6:8)
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