Saturday, September 08, 2012

HOW TO HAVE A GREAT MINISTRY

If you have dreamed of being used mightily in the kingdom of God, bringing life to people, having the anointing of God flowing thru you in Power, I will give you the secret, free of charge. This is only known by a few. The few who have actually practiced this truth. The few who have found this to be THE WAY. Here is the secret to having a great and powerful ministry.

It's a lot like learning to drive a car. You remember. You were young. When you first got behind the wheel, maybe with mom or dad sweating in the right hand seat, you were given the keys. It was herky jerky to start. You almost crashed a few times. Dad or mom had to yell stop or turn left. Then after a bit you were allowed to try on your own. If you were like me at all, it felt great. You drove too fast. I loved BIG ENGINES. LOTS OF NOISE. LOTS OF POWER. SQUEALING TIRES. The rush was fabulous. And boy did the girls love me. Noise. Power. Speed. The RUSH.

Then after a few crashes and mishaps I became smarter. Slowed down. Learned discretion. Used power sparingly. Took my time.

What was once a rush became a routine. I used to have white knuckles while I drove. Sweat was present on my forehead.

Later I talked on my cell phone, ate a sandwich, drank a 44 oz big gulp, listened to talk radio and drove with my knees sometimes.

It became easy. Casual. I did it with aplomb.

As I get older I am more and more aware of the still lurking dangers. Deer jumping from the ditch. Drivers who don't look. Traffic issues. Road conditions. Once again I am more careful. I drive with intention. I make each outing matter. I am now the powerful effective driver I always wanted to become. I also know that my days of driving probably have a good till date on them. Insurance companies know this too. They give me very much better rates then I got when I was 20 and full of vim and vigor.

The parallels between Ministry and life as a driver are amazing.

People learn to do ministry by ministering.

We become effective by doing, not study, not rank or ordination.

We are pretty ambitions loving the power and perhaps reckless when we are young.

We have a few smack ups in ministry..it's a good thing. Teaches us to drive more carefully.

We all want a bigger car, until we figure out what we want is a good car that functions.

Then the day comes when as one who ministers you are so busy ministering doing what God called you to do you no longer think about what the car looks like, how fast it will go.

I have been blessed to be called as a Prophet of God and out of that call have been able to bless thousands of others. Several are friends on facebook. YET. I have not been pastor of a Church (except for a brief time), I have not written many books, I have not put on a conference, I have seldom been the keynote speaker at a conference, i am not often invited to speak, I am invited to come bring the word of the Lord to others and that's good. YET, the Lord makes a way. He opens the RIGHT doors. I now have learned to drive more carefully.

Most of the most effective ministry friends I have are not often publishing about their next big event. They are the event with the anointing of God all over them. I would call them by name, but that would be wrong. They know who they are. Small groups, reaching the poor, mining knew depths, finding the richness and sharing it with others, serving seldom in a church but serving.

Great ministries are created FIRST by ministering. Nothing else really works.

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