Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. - Romans 5

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Ministry is a Gift from God

2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart

Taking from my devotion and an earlier post, I am going to reiterate this. Our ministry is a gift from God. What that means is we do not do it to please God, nor do we do it to try to work ourselves into God's good side. We definitely shouldn't use our ministry to elevate ourselves in man's eyes, as some pastors and preachers are prone to doing these days (as the flock, we should not idolize pastors/preachers but instead realize their ministry is a gift from God and given by God to teach us His Truth and to glorify Him).

 A reminder: what God gives, He has every right to take away. That includes ministry. Sometimes He will close the door to a certain ministry, whether it is missions or reaching out to a specific person or teaching within a local church. God can take it away at His choosing. But as the verse says, don't lose heart, God has a plan and when He closes a door He will open another somewhere else. Also don't lose heart when God takes someone away from this earth even as he/she was about to complete a certain ministry. This is all in God's plan, and to be honest, the best for that person as well. So instead of mourning for someone's death, we should be rejoicing as mentioned in Ecclesiastes 7.
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