Ministry goes on everywhere in the church of Jesus Christ. A lot of it is fruitful and a lot of it is not so fruitful. In some cases it is down right futility. I have been a participant in both camps of ministry. After 36 years of examining my own path in ministry it has become increasingly clear to me that most of my self appointed ventures lacked something. I would volunteer my services all the time because I thought in some way I could help. The problem with the self appointed volunteer method is that it completely disregards the leading of the Holy Spirit. I'm sure that the forces that war against God's people love the self appointed volunteer approach to ministry. The intentions are good but we all know about the path of good intentions and who might be leading us there. As Christians we are to be followers of Christ and we are to be led by the Spirit of Christ. We cannot be presumptuous in our walk but rather we should be abiding in and hearing from God through His Spirit. The way we should do ministry has been clearly modeled through the life of Jesus.
Jesus did not volunteer to do His Father's will, He was "Sent" to do His Father's will. The word apostle means "Sent one". Jesus was the first apostle or sent one (Heb 3:1). A call from God is a commission from God. It doesn't start with us. It starts with Him. Herein lies a problem that is vastly overlooked in the church. How many are sent verses how many are self appointed or volunteered. Whenever we abdicate the Lord's pattern for anything in our life we suffer the consequences of falling short in our endeavors.
It behooves us therefore to seek a fresh start in the Spirit. The Old Testament was the time of the Father. He was for us. The New Testament was the time of Jesus. He was with us(Emmanuel). We are now living in the time of the Holy Spirit (Christ in You). We cannot neglect the Holy Spirit or we will surely fall into the trap of being self appointed in what we do. If we are weary, it may because we are operating in our own strength and our own strength in insufficient to do the work that God calls us to do. It all starts with Him. It has to or we labor in vain.
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- Davey Buhl
- I am semi-retired and very involved in seeking God on how He wants me to finish the final chapters to my life. My 20's were spent pursuing a career in rockin' roll music. I recorded both in New York and Nashville in the late 60's and early 70's. I cried out to God for help in 1970 and He came and rescued me and turned my world upside down. I was forever changed by His presence. After my meeting with the Lord, I returned home to West Virginia and got married in 1971. I raised three great children. They are all married and I now have two grand children. My occupation over the years has been in the insurance business and at the same time heavily involved in ministry. I've done some church planting. I just recently finished a two year stint as a Men's pastor at a large non-denominational church in the north hills of Pittsburgh. I love the Lord, I love my family and I love Pittsburgh Sports. I have some history now and want to share my experiences and the things that I have discovered along the way.