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Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Passion
What are you passionate about? I mean, what is it that you really have a passion to do in life? I'm not saying there is just one thing, or has to be just one thing....but what is it that you really have a desire to see happen in your life and the lives of those around you?
For me.... I am passionate about students and their spiritual journey and leading people into a meeting with God through creative arts and music. God has gifted me in the areas of relational skills and musical ability. So I try and look for ways to use those things every chance I get. And it drives me nuts sometimes when I see things that could be done better or more efficiently in these areas, but are falling short due to lack of planning, selfishness, personal preferences, or any other deterrent. I want to be able to help in the areas that God has gifted me in, and to be used.
For instance..... over the years I've had many people come to me and say....Doug, I have a passion for leading people in worship through music. Well...if that is true, then I should be able to say....great! We need someone to lead our children's ministry music team and that person would jump at the chance because they are passionate. But more times than not, the person is actually talking about a personal desire to do something specific. What I really meant was that I have a desire to sing for the main service.
There are times when God takes what we are passionate about and asks us to use those gifts in arenas, or with groups in which we may not be totally comfortable. But a passion for something will transcend personal preferences. Who are we to limit God's ability to use our gifts? By claiming to be passionate about students, I can't turn around and say, but only if I get these kids or those kids.
What the church needs today is people that will say.... I am passionate about using my gifts and abilities in whatever way, and in whatever place God sees fit to use them. God has placed leaders in our lives that we must trust are following His directions in the ministry they lead and are working to grow the Kingdom through those ministries. The service that is needed, and the service that Jesus exemplified, was one that asks where do you need me, not here's what I need.
On the leadership side of it.... I have to make sure that I am doing what I do with excellence, and using the resources that God gives me to make what we do the absolute best it can be. If I have someone sitting on the sideline that is gifted to do something excellent, and I am settling for okay just so someone else's feelings don't get hurt.... I am wrong. When God resources us, we are to use those resources. And sometimes that means admitting that we are not the best, or we're not equipped in the same way as someone else, etc....Pride can be an ugly thing.
Where is God calling you? What gifts has He equipped you with to serve His kingdom? And where are you needed right now in your communities of influence? Leaders...who is sitting on your sidelines right now wanting to be used and equipped to do something better than you're doing it right now? It's about the Kingdom, and a passion for a lost and dying world.
I'm out....
For me.... I am passionate about students and their spiritual journey and leading people into a meeting with God through creative arts and music. God has gifted me in the areas of relational skills and musical ability. So I try and look for ways to use those things every chance I get. And it drives me nuts sometimes when I see things that could be done better or more efficiently in these areas, but are falling short due to lack of planning, selfishness, personal preferences, or any other deterrent. I want to be able to help in the areas that God has gifted me in, and to be used.
For instance..... over the years I've had many people come to me and say....Doug, I have a passion for leading people in worship through music. Well...if that is true, then I should be able to say....great! We need someone to lead our children's ministry music team and that person would jump at the chance because they are passionate. But more times than not, the person is actually talking about a personal desire to do something specific. What I really meant was that I have a desire to sing for the main service.
There are times when God takes what we are passionate about and asks us to use those gifts in arenas, or with groups in which we may not be totally comfortable. But a passion for something will transcend personal preferences. Who are we to limit God's ability to use our gifts? By claiming to be passionate about students, I can't turn around and say, but only if I get these kids or those kids.
What the church needs today is people that will say.... I am passionate about using my gifts and abilities in whatever way, and in whatever place God sees fit to use them. God has placed leaders in our lives that we must trust are following His directions in the ministry they lead and are working to grow the Kingdom through those ministries. The service that is needed, and the service that Jesus exemplified, was one that asks where do you need me, not here's what I need.
On the leadership side of it.... I have to make sure that I am doing what I do with excellence, and using the resources that God gives me to make what we do the absolute best it can be. If I have someone sitting on the sideline that is gifted to do something excellent, and I am settling for okay just so someone else's feelings don't get hurt.... I am wrong. When God resources us, we are to use those resources. And sometimes that means admitting that we are not the best, or we're not equipped in the same way as someone else, etc....Pride can be an ugly thing.
Where is God calling you? What gifts has He equipped you with to serve His kingdom? And where are you needed right now in your communities of influence? Leaders...who is sitting on your sidelines right now wanting to be used and equipped to do something better than you're doing it right now? It's about the Kingdom, and a passion for a lost and dying world.
I'm out....
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