Bigger Vision
We ALL need a bigger vision of ministry! I do. You do. That person beside you or in your house or at your work or who sits by you in church – they need a bigger vision of ministry too!
- If your desires for church are primarily about what you’re getting or not getting, fall on your knees and seek God’s forgiveness.
- If your vision of church is contained in your experiences of the past, ask God to break the shackles of tradition and man-made expectations.
- If your vision of ministry is something that you think we could possibly achieve, your dreams are WAY too small.
Get this—Jesus told twelve men to change the world! This was before the US Postal service, internet, phones, printing presses or airplanes! Impossible, right? Not when God is in it.
You and I need to be so gripped with the vision that God has for us, what He wants to do in and through you, that you realize how silly your own infatuations really are. It’s not about you. It never was and never will be. It’s all about Him, His plan, His passion, and the people He’s longing to see come into the Kingdom. Yes—“He desires that all be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth,” 1 Timothy 2:4. Has this gripped you?
When a soldier is on the battle field, entrenched in the heat of the battle, the details of his likes and dislikes do not matter. Something much more important has consumed his focus. When life is in coast-mode, he may not like egg salad sandwiches – but on the battlefield the egg salad sandwich will be ingested without a second thought or a word of protest. A soldier may not be so fond of another fellow soldier when not in the danger of battle. Maybe he’s obnoxious, his mannerisms are irritating, or he likes to talk about himself too much. But when the enemy is upon them, it doesn’t matter what the personal issues are – they are comrades and partnering soldiers. How silly that one would focus on personality conflicts in such a setting.
The Christian is in a heated battle for the souls of women and men. We’re oblivious of this way too often. Instead, we are occasionally found squabbling over insignificant issues that should never be worth discussing. We’ve lost our focus. There is something much bigger going on here than whether or not our wants or preferences are being met.
Are we winning the war?
