Walking in Ministry

Step One: Look to See What’s In Your Hands

My participation as a member & leader of our church drama ministry has blessed me with invaluable experience. Throughout my tenor, I’ve grown incredibly. A number of factors made up the total sum. Some fantastic and some not so fantastic but all worked together in building who I was/am and where I fit it. Before I became a member of the current church, I was a member of another and what I discovered there placed me in ministries that carried over to the present.

How did I find where I belonged? I found what was in my hands first. God asked Moses “what’s in your hands?” It was his staff and God used it to deliver a nation out of bondage. So I took a look into mine own hands and found:

Ü  Writing

Ü  A theatre background

Ü  The ability to blend in any circle (I’ll explain later).

Where there was an opportunity, I simply tried my hand at something. I may not know how to sing but wait…Oh you need a church bulletin? I can write. Let me try. Oh you want a dramatic piece written and performed? Ok I can write something for any occasion. Let me try.

This is how I felt my way around in ministry. One step led to another. It wasn’t easy – at times it still isn’t – but what comes natural to people should lead them to a place to exercise their gifts. Before you know it, God will place you where He needs YOUR specific gift to work for His glory.

If you love to cook and can (because there IS a difference), there’s always a need to feed the hungry. We all love to eat a meal full of love (and you CAN taste the difference). Perhaps your spirit of hospitality could make that lonely introvert feel right at home. So on and so forth!

The smallest things can be make the biggest difference in a person’s live. Btw...if you can't cook, you can always take a lesson or two. I'll talk about education in Step Two.

Sidebar: the ability to blend in any circle was an unexpected gift. No matter what group of people (by age, race or whatever), somehow I can fit in (so far J ).

So…what’s in YOUR hands??