Step Two: You’ve Looked in Your Hands, Now What?
Walking In Ministry
In Step One: Look to See What’s In Your Hands, I encouraged you to look inside of your hands to see the gifts/talents that God gave you. I pray that you have and if you did, now what?
There’s always room for everyone’s gifts. We just have to
get in where we fit in. If your place of worship has a ministry where your
particular gifts/talents can be used, awesome? If not, inquire about how to
create one.
Going back to my examples of writing and theatre, the first
church I was a member of didn’t have an organized church newsletter/bulletin.
So a very few of us (didn’t take a lot) asked the presiding pastor if we could begin
one and so we did. Simple as that. (Organizing/working with others, etc. will
be explored in Step Three). We took the desire we had to keep the congregation
informed of church happenings, etc. and worked diligently on creating a positive
well produced newsletter/bulletin. Those who couldn’t make it to church – sick,
shut-ins, etc.- were still in the loop through the publication. There was a
need for it and God made room for our gifts/talents to his glory.
The other part of ministry I was blessed to be a part of was
the drama ministry. Again, there wasn’t a drama ministry but we had a desire to
use our creativity to present the gospel in a different format. So we made the
proper requests and we were granted the green light to begin one.
Every church is different in their protocol for organizing a
ministry. There are seasons for everything and if by chance a request has not
been honored, sit back and let God make the room for your gifts/talents. Sometimes
the wheel doesn’t have to be reinvented but perhaps a fresh idea can renew an
existing one and you can be that spark. It’s all a matter of looking to see
where your gifts/talents fit in, praying and letting God go from there.
Audit the ministries in your church and see where your gifts
can flow. God can and wants to use that ‘staff’ to do mah-velous things in His
name and to His glory! Simple, right? Exactly! Get your gifts/talents in gear
and MOVE!
In next week’s Step Three: If You Are Called to Lead,
I will explore the world of being in leadership. J
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