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04.02.09 10:49 Filed in: Leadership
Last night was
a significant night in my year so far. I try to have
significant moments throughout my year, month, week,
day... Hopefully I can look back at my life and I can
notice multiple peaks rather than one moment in
time--my glory days.
If you are not familiar with myself or what I do I have one desire in my life... to make God famous. We are about to host our second annual National Youth Conference, Genesis (genesis09.com). Countless hours of work have gone into this event and we are expecting great things to happen. I wrote my third drama for the Friday Night of Genesis entitled, “Choose Your Own Adventure”. Last night was our last pre-dress rehearsal.
Let me stop for a second and explain something. I am a pastor. We pastor’s call what we do ministry. I am a pastor not as a vocation but as a calling. It was something that cried out to my heart, something I could give my life FOR. Many Christians have given their life TO God, but they have not given your life FOR God. Let me be very clear, just because you’re a pastor does not mean you have given your life FOR God. There are many pastor’s that have only given their lives TO God. If you are not a pastor and you are where God wants you to be and you live your life FOR Him, don’t look now, you’re in ministry.
Many times in ministry it is easy to get bogged down in what we do and the details of all of the events that take place. Like with our wonderful pre-dress rehearsal, we create environments where God can show up through practices and worship and every creative element under the sun. Pastors and ministers have done it so well for so long that we can manufacture these things with ease. The one thing that can never be manufactured is the presence of God. So last night we just stopped. We stopped practice, we stopped all the preparation and we refocused. I needed that... Maybe you can relate? You not only gave your life TO God but you gave your life FOR God, but something got lost in the excellence and chaos of ministry...
Let me ask you... Do you need to stop and refocus today? Don’t wait. Stop right now if you can. Take 10 minutes, throw on some music, and spend some time with the God you gave your life FOR. Make this moment a significant moment in your week today!
If you are not familiar with myself or what I do I have one desire in my life... to make God famous. We are about to host our second annual National Youth Conference, Genesis (genesis09.com). Countless hours of work have gone into this event and we are expecting great things to happen. I wrote my third drama for the Friday Night of Genesis entitled, “Choose Your Own Adventure”. Last night was our last pre-dress rehearsal.
Let me stop for a second and explain something. I am a pastor. We pastor’s call what we do ministry. I am a pastor not as a vocation but as a calling. It was something that cried out to my heart, something I could give my life FOR. Many Christians have given their life TO God, but they have not given your life FOR God. Let me be very clear, just because you’re a pastor does not mean you have given your life FOR God. There are many pastor’s that have only given their lives TO God. If you are not a pastor and you are where God wants you to be and you live your life FOR Him, don’t look now, you’re in ministry.
Many times in ministry it is easy to get bogged down in what we do and the details of all of the events that take place. Like with our wonderful pre-dress rehearsal, we create environments where God can show up through practices and worship and every creative element under the sun. Pastors and ministers have done it so well for so long that we can manufacture these things with ease. The one thing that can never be manufactured is the presence of God. So last night we just stopped. We stopped practice, we stopped all the preparation and we refocused. I needed that... Maybe you can relate? You not only gave your life TO God but you gave your life FOR God, but something got lost in the excellence and chaos of ministry...
Let me ask you... Do you need to stop and refocus today? Don’t wait. Stop right now if you can. Take 10 minutes, throw on some music, and spend some time with the God you gave your life FOR. Make this moment a significant moment in your week today!
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