A Steady Diet of Jesus
June 29, 2008
This past week Jamie and I went to a pastor’s conference in Pensacoloa Florida where we had the privilege to hear H.B.London speak. One of the issues he spoke about was pastors trying to do ministry under their own steam. It is impossible for the church to build a God honoring ministry based on talent, financial resources, or administrative ability alone. This is where it gets tricky. All of these things are usually factors in a Christ honoring ministry, but they must never be the driving factor. Without the Holy Spirit we have no power to do the impossible. When the Holy Spirit blesses the work nothing can stop it. I hope that makes your soul pant for God.
It is probably easier to put Christ on a back burner in he ministry than any secular vocation. God is honored in your work when you make it your goal to honor Him in it. Found this to be the case when I worked at Warrington Middle School. Galatians 5:16 states, “I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.” We walk in the Spirit when we walk with a continual awareness of who we are in Christ intent on applying the truth we have learned about Christ in our daily lives. Our lives and church must literally become the fragrance of Christ.
The goal of every believer is not merely to act like our concept of what we believe a Christian ought to be but to allow Christ to live through us by way of the Holy Spirit. If you enter a church full of cookie cutter Christians it is usually proof that the Lord is not in it. The men and women of the Bible were very different. Grace, dependent on the Holy Spirit is vital to us serving Christ. “Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of host” (Zechariah 4:6) is as true today as it has always been. If we are to please Christ we must make our relationship with Him a part of our daily diet. Learn something new about Jesus and make it part of your life today.
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