Today’s
Scripture Reading (May 23, 2012): Exodus 4
My church is preparing for its year end meetings. It is the time when
the ministries of the church get a chance to report on what they have done in
the past year. They also get to cast the vision for their departments in the
year to come and maybe encourage volunteers to join their teams. It is an
incredibly important time and task for church leaders.
But one of the misconceptions each leader will have to deal with is found
in the question of the giftedness of the potential volunteers. Often the
reaction of people is that they could never do what the leaders that are
encouraging them to join them do. They want to be involved in the ministry of
the church, but they don’t believe that they can do it. If God would just gift
them, then maybe they could take on the task.
And it often surprises them that often God does not work that way. Often
we do not feel confident in our ability to take on a task before we actually
start to do it. And there is a reason for that – there is no task that can be
accomplished within the influence of the church without a direct dependence on
God.
Apparently, this was something that Moses wasn`t aware of either. His
comment to God was that when God called him he knew that he was inadequate for
the job. And since that time God had done nothing to equip him – he was still
inadequate. His expectation was that God would do something to equip him before
he arrived to start the job. But God`s plan was different – he was choosing to
train Moses on the job.
This penchant of God is the reason why, in the church, I think that we
need to get involved in many ministries just to try them out - because for a
God who seems to like to train on the job, it might be the only way that you
will find out where you really fit.
Tomorrow’s
Scripture Reading: Exodus 5
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