One thing that I have learned since I have been in youth ministry is the meaning behind a “task”. It seems like they never end in your ministry. For example, right now I am staring at my “task sheet” on my desk and there are currently twelve of them, but the tasks don’t stop there. Beyond the calls, meetings, and lessons, and the big obvious tasks their are little task that you can’t really put on a piece of paper. A simple text to a student saying that your thinking and praying for them, and then actually praying for them. There are things that just kind of “come” with the ministry. Somewhere in the midst of the calls, meetings, and the lessons the Lord puts a love for what you’re actually doing in your heart. Someone once told me that “ministry must be an overflow of your heart”. I now know what they meant; sometimes I just get lost in crossing out a task and forget that their is something bigger happening here. With every phone call, every meeting, and every lesson; God is preparing to let his glory be shown. It make it all worth doing; picking up the chips, the ten seconds it took to write that text, or the two months of planning for one event. It all comes with a joy of knowing that if the Lord wills it, he will do wonders. I am thankful for when the spirit reminds me to mark out a task for his glory and the work that will be done in the future. Not evident right now, but with time, when all is said and done, Christ is heard, preached, and lived out.
May 12, 2009...12:37 pm
One Task, Two Task, Three Task, Four…..and on and on…
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