Jul 7, 2010
My Lesson in Christian Ministry: Go
So, the bookish seminary student takes his leap into ministry, and he learns an important lesson. The kind of lesson he couldn’t have truly learned by just reading the Bible.
You need to go. Ministry requires going. Even going when you don’t have all of the pieces in place.
This does not mean reckless going, but rather, taking steps forward to do what you know needs to happen and trusting in God’s leading and provision.
It’s kind of wild, freeing, and terrifying all at once.
It’s wild because I never would have thought that God could work like this… calling me to take a step in faith so that he could provide what I needed at the last second.
It’s freeing because I don’t have to figure everything out. He has the control. It’s his work.
It’s terrifying because he’ll keep doing things this way, and who knows what he’ll ask me to do next!
Consider how quickly Jesus pushed hid disciples into ministry. Matthew chapter 10 gives us the impression they had no been with him very long. And as for seminary training? Neither Jesus nor any of his original 12 would be qualified to teach in a seminary today.
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Yeah, that’s what keeps me up at night sometimes…