Thursday, January 9, 2014

Human vs. Divine Activity

Every minister will have basic assumptions. One of my most basic assumptions is that ministry (those who minister, broadly speaking) is about what God is doing. It is certainly not about what people are doing. OBSERVATION: Such a conviction is strength for those who minister, and health for a Church. Yet it is one of the most frequently missed perspectives in a Church: people see what people do, yet they have little appreciation for what God is doing. I frequently make this explicit in my ministry: “What is God doing? Where is your faith? You are focusing too much on human activity.” This applies not least to the minister, whose service is not about human activity, but divine. That is why a minister is ordained, not merely hired.

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