JAY OAKES
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My Ministry Is Crumbling!6/3/2014 My ministry is falling apart! I can’t control what’s happening! I’m tired, drained and exhausted! I can’t do this anymore! I don’t enjoy serving anymore and I don’t even know that this is where I belong! At various times, I’ve heard combinations of these sayings from different people within different areas of ministry. Many times when people say these things, as I know is true when I’ve thought these things, my ministry was falling apart… but it was because it was focused on me, instead of on Jesus. Our job within the church isn’t about us. It never has been about us and it never should be about us. And problems start to arise when it becomes about us. When we take our eyes off of what’s important, off of the true reason we’re doing things and get our eyes on our own accomplishments, tasks and successes, things start collapsing. We begin getting exhausted, drained and tired just because we’re trying to accomplish things under our own strength. As soon as BluePrint Youth Ministry, the youth ministry I’m a part of within Citipoint Church becomes about me, problems start arising. Leaders lose interest, students have better things to do, I get tired, my wife feels like I care more about the students than her and the gatherings stop running smoothly. However, when I take all of the focus off of myself and can clearly see that Jesus is the reason I do what I do, and without Him, I’m very insignificant, everything starts working together better than I could’ve imagined. Leaders are there to invest in the lives of teenagers, students love coming and feel loved, the gatherings flow well and my wife and I are energized by the momentum and excitement that’s happening. It’s simple really… when I’m the center of attention, things collapse, but when I make Jesus the focal point of the youth ministry and let Him run things, they work well and flow together.
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