Just because I have the ability to do something doesn't mean that's what God is calling me to do. A lot of times in ministry or in our Christian walk, we do what we have the ability to do and not what we're called to do. A lot of people I know get stuck there. You might be thinking, I don't know the difference in what I'm able to do and what I'm called to do. This Pastor used an amazing example and I want to use it as well.
Let me use some ministry examples. Let's say you help with presentation one week at church. That Sunday morning you wake up, you get your breakfast, you get ready. Stroll into church. You greet your friends. And slowly make your way over to the media booth. You sit down and check out the notes for the sermon and whats going on. The next week, you teach a children's class. You spend the whole week studying. You get special snacks that represent the lesson. You spend the whole even Saturday getting a special art project together. You wake up Sunday morning and you can't wait to get to church. You get there 20 minutes early to make sure you are prepared for class. You greet each child with enthusiasm and joy. You start teaching and your eyes light up.
Out of these 2 examples, which do you think would be the 'ability' category? The first one, in case you couldn't tell. The difference in the two, in my mind, is passion. Some of my fondest memories in my previous church were getting ready for VBS. We spent one year writing our own VBS. Those were some of the happiest moments of my life. Watching the kids enjoy what we had created from scratch.
You might be sitting there thinking that there is nothing out there left for you. Let me leave you with this.
If you ain't dead, God ain't done.
If you have a pulse, God has a purpose.
Don't think it's over. It's only just begun!!
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