What are we doing?

Dear Pastor,

Has the current world situation caused you to pause and ask yourself: “What exactly am I doing, anyway?”

Let’s talk about what you are doing…

• You are representing the Holy God of the universe. Your words, actions, attitude and lifestyle are to be a reflection of Him. It might be easy to get discouraged here but don’t. Just be the moon and let God be the sun: reflect His light to the people on earth.
• You are declaring God’s goodness. In casual conversation, Bible study and preaching you are sharing with people how good God is and that He is even now extending His goodness to each and every person on earth
• You are reminding people that God has fully paid the price and provided for all that is needed for life and godliness: all we have to do is believe and receive. What amazing grace: His grace is sufficient we just have to receive the gift and walk with Him!
• You are serving as a conduit of His glory. Because He lives in you, if you just get out of the way and let Him flow through you, He will indeed produce His Spiritual fruit, He will get the glory and you get to watch His fruit bless, nourish and strengthen people

So why do we ask the question “What am I doing”? 

Sometimes it is because we have gotten our eyes off Jesus and begun to drift. Other times it is because we have fallen into the rut of routine and status quo and are not receiving fresh wind and fresh fire from the Holy Spirit. Many times we wonder about what we are doing because we compare ourselves to others or don’t see the outward “results” we were looking for.

I hope that in this instance you are asking yourself what you are doing because God has given us this amazing opportunity to evaluate what is really important in life and ministry.

Please, remember what it was that God called you to when He called you to be His child and His under-shepherd: be faithful, persevere, trust Him, rest in Him and walk by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ 

At the end of this life it won’t matter how polished or perfect you were in ministry. At the end of your current ministry assignment it won’t matter how many online followers or views you had; it won’t matter how slick your graphics or how eloquent your speech.

Ultimately what will matter is that you were obedient to the Lord, you faithfully shared the gospel of Jesus Christ and you stayed fully surrendered to the Lord every day.

Let God bring the harvest, let God grow the church, let God get the glory. You just keep on pointing to Jesus, now and forever!

Christ is with us, Christ is in us!

Mike J