Sunday, the day of rest or battle?
Sunday should be the day of rest. But for ministers it’s not always so. As ministers of God’s word we are in spiritual battle for souls and spiritual welfare of our people. Yesterday in our church we had a general church meeting (or open members meeting) and it was a very intensive one. Leadership model in our church showed itself week and leading to some very negative interpersonal effects. I was a moderator of the meeting. My objective for the meeting was to start going in the direction of reconciliation and unity. I think we’ve done what we were supposed to do. First, we as leadership provided a safe place for people to talk freely and share their views and opinions. Secondly, we acknowledged some of our fault, I think we could be more specific, but for that particular moment it was fair enough. Thirdly, we recommitted ourselves as leadership to work further for the good of our church. It was also an encouragement for us to hear testimonies of appreciation from other believers about our church and the church’s culture. Well, this is still an open matter and we have to change and to grow as leadership in order to help our people to grow as a church. Your prayers are very much welcome.
After the meeting I felt myself like I worked all day at the plant or in gym. I was tired physically and emotionally. I appreciate greatly help of the Holy Spirit, who strengthens us and reminds us of God’s words. I have so much to learn and humble myself before the Lord.
I came to my office last night to finish one project and to read for my refreshment. I was especially thankful for the article by Mark Driscoll Death by Ministry. I read his blog via Sage extension for Firefox and I am surprised how timely his article is for me… I know the One behind all these things. I searched Technorati.com for the article it and it gave me 19 hits just now. How fast the information spreads! …I got off topic.
Also, yeasterday before going to bed I started to read Feed My Sheep: A Passionate Plea for Preaching (thank you, Rick Perhai, for opportunity to borrow a book from your personal library!). And as I read it my mind started to wonder if I need to focus my additional attention and energy for preaching in my church. I am a superintendent for children’s ministries in my church but maybe the Lord is calling me to other ministry? I do not know. I have no guts at the moment to say yes to the Lord now, I need to humble myself first and seek his will, to be able the Lord wants me indeed to change my focus. I want to be obedient to him. The book is good indeed!
