When it comes to your decision making, have you ever used the phrase, “I’m waiting on God?”
It’s not a terrible phrase to use, but it can often mean something that I think is unhelpful.
An Honest Confrontation With Fear, Insecurity, & Doubt
Ever wonder why you do what you do?
I have that problem often.
There’s people who are so much better than me. There are better singers. There are better musicians. There are better songwriters. There are more organized, administrative people better suited to lead a ministry. There are better leaders, better looking people, people with more experience.
I know, this is starting to sound ridiculous. I could keep going and before you know it, disqualify myself from doing anything in life. Why? Because I’m insecure. Because I don’t want to fail. I don’t want to be seen as a fake. I don’t want to be looked down upon.
If I’m honest, sometimes I just want to hide and play it safe. I don’t want to put myself out there on this blog. I don’t want to step up on stage and lead worship. I don’t want to share that song I wrote. I don’t want to cast a vision and lead my team towards the attainment of goals.
That’s a risk. It might fail. I might be responsible. I might get my heart broken.
But what’s the alternative? Doing nothing. Hiding. Playing it safe. In my opinion, that is the greatest risk of all.
If you’re feeling this way, you’re not alone.
How To Know If Your Ministry Is Missing The Point
Ministry has its cycles, doesn’t it?
There are seasons of intense busyness and seasons of quiet. There are times where you’re breaking new ground and other times where you’re working your current systems.
There are days where you crank through your task list and others where you wonder what happened. There are moments of burnout and moments of intense joy.
But through every season of ministry, I know when I’m off base – when I’ve lost my way. Matter of fact, I know when you’ve lost your way too.
Compliments: How To Respond, How Not To Respond, & How To Really Glorify God
“Worship was awesome today!”
“No it wasn’t. God is awesome.”
“Man, you did a great job leading us.”
“No I didn’t. Praise Almighty Jehovah on High!”
Compliments. They come and they go. We love to hear them but we don’t know how to respond to them.
If you are in any form of public ministry (which is basically everyone in ministry) you will be complimented. You will be looked up to. You will be someone’s hero.
To some degree, everyone has a fan club. How do you respond to praise without it getting to your head?
Changing The World Is Easier Than You Think
Last week I was down. Discouraged. Depressed. Ever been there?
It’s not that anything major happened. It’s not that I failed, forgot something, or fell on my face. It was just one of those days – the natural, emotional ups and downs of being an imperfect human in an imperfect world.
I don’t always feel like this – some days I feel on top of the world. I feel like a success where everything is going my way. This was not one of those days.
But something happened that changed it all for me. It was nothing magical, nothing massive. Matter of fact, it was a simple text message.
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