WAITING FOR GOD’S
WILL
“This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we
ask anything according to His will,
he hears us.” 1 John 5: 14
By now, we are into the busy fall schedule at our
churches. We love summer and a time
away, but it is good to get back into a routine. What new or perhaps old responsibilities have
you taken on for this coming year in your church? Are you enjoying the work you
are doing for the Lord or do you already feel like you are overwhelmed or in a
rut? How many times do we decide to do
something, try something new, or even do the same thing we have been doing for
years without consulting God and His will for this ministry? We might wonder why a ministry is not
effective. Could it be because we do not pray in advance asking the Lord to
mold us into the ministry, to equip us by the Holy Spirit and to submit to His
leading? Maybe we did pray but on such
short notice that we did not give God the time to work answers in our
heart. Perhaps what is lacking is a
freshness & joy in our ministry from the very beginning because we started
what seemed good to us rather that this is of God’s will. Sound like something you are
experiencing? Jesus says in John 15: 5 “I am the
vine, you are the branches. If a man
remains in me and I in Him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do
nothing.” Here is our hope, our
existence for life and our provision for ministry; it is Jesus Christ and Him
alone. Is it not Jesus and His will upon
which our ministries and we must rely?
May we return Jesus to His rightful focus in our desire to serve and be
the Master of our ministries.
