Saturday, March 22, 2008

Why Serve...Or Not?

Someone asked me why do I serve so many ministries? I pondered the question a moment and answered it this way. "I don't serve out of guilt, I don't serve cause I feel obligated to, I serve because I want to, and feel it is my opportunity to use my gifts given from God to impact ones life, and help them find our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."

"So how does working in parking and as a producer impact lives?"

I paused, then replied. "Many people associate 'impacting lives' with a major significant act, which in many peoples mind is some miraculous way (through God) they caused an individual to see the light and change their ways and ultimately changes their lives, but not me."

God is good and God it great. Although major significant acts transpire, I see God's greatness everytime I serve through the tinest, insignificant acts.

In Parking how you greet a newcomer as they are contemplating and struggling in their mind whether or not to come to our church for the first time. Your 'hello' may have change thier mind to sit in service and hear God's word....

In tech ministries as a Producer, I am just one piece of a larger group of individuals doing small acts. In this ministry we dont directly interact with an individual, however, how the service is percieved could have changed the view of ones perception of the church and took their mind off a stresser they were thinking about, and allowed them to open their hearts during worship to hear God's messege.

"Tiny insignificant acts make all the difference. You may never know that you have impacted ones life, but trust in God, through Him all things are possible!"

Think about it and ask yourself why are you serving or not?

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