power
It's too often all about power. Positioning for power...lately I have been thinking about this and what it means when it comes to "ministry" or "sharing Christ" or whatever we call it. I love power - it taps my sinbent heart. As a minister that's so dangerous. Call me a son of hell rightly so, but it's true. Usually someone is in need and "we the ministers" are called in to spiritually meet that need. It makes us feel valuable, and useful. But it's dangerous because because the things we do and say come from higher plain - and often those who are receiving "our ministry" are in a place (be it spiritually, emotionally, pschycologically, or physicially) where they do not have the willpower to, or simply cannot resist our ministry. Power, power, power...translate this to attempts to evangelize and suddenly we have become the enemy - we are the roaring lion prowling around looking for someone to devour(1 peter 5:8)...again son of hell and satan himself....

Translate this again to our relationship with God. Are we in a posistion of power where we pray the "promises" and wait on God to meet our needs on demand....or.....are we in a lower posistion ready to receive any and all (be it gold or garbage) that comes from the hand of God...??

it all about power...we love it...our hearts long for it...our soul will only live when we sacrifice it at the alter in the way of him who sacrificed all of his....(Phil 2:7)...

(thanks to Lou N. for promting these sobering thoughts...)


- posted by Jacob B. @ 10:44 AM