Just last week, a friend whom I hadn’t seen for awhile phoned me in the middle of a busy morning. You know those mornings when you glance at your watch and it’s 8h45 and when you look at it again it’s 13h00.
To be honest, I wanted to say I’d call him back but something in his tone made me sit back and listen.
“John I’m absolutely exhausted” he began.
“Why?” I asked politely.
“My church is making me tired,” he replied.
“Are you sure it’s them and not yourself?”
“You know, at first I thought it was me and then in my quiet time this morning, the Lord showed me the areas in my work where the energy was literally being sucked out of me. People complaining about the young children making noise in the church, others moaning about the choice of hymns and others concerned about the kind of tea served on Sundays.”
“How can I help?” I asked
“I overheard you telling someone awhile ago that you have regular altar calls in you church…”
“Don’t you?” I asked
“No…” he replied
“Well don’t you think you should?”
“What difference will it make?” he said tiredly.
“It makes all the difference in the world.”
“You really think so?” he replied, his voice starting to reflect a newness of purpose. “We used to do it often but somehow we lost our way. You know I feel better already….”
Another word we can use for energy in the life and calling of the believer is the Holy Spirit. The Spirit’s work is to make us bold, give us strength, guide, counsel and empower us in our calling.
Are you struggling with energy levels when it comes to your ministry at work, in your family or at home?
If you are: pray and ask the Holy Spirit to open the eyes of your heart to God’s calling on your life. The power you receive when doing His will, will overflow into every area of your life as you live out your unique purpose for living.
(PS Some of you reading this letter will be able to testify to this and your testimony on the Blog in the comment box may change someone’s life.)
To be honest, I wanted to say I’d call him back but something in his tone made me sit back and listen.
“John I’m absolutely exhausted” he began.
“Why?” I asked politely.
“My church is making me tired,” he replied.
“Are you sure it’s them and not yourself?”
“You know, at first I thought it was me and then in my quiet time this morning, the Lord showed me the areas in my work where the energy was literally being sucked out of me. People complaining about the young children making noise in the church, others moaning about the choice of hymns and others concerned about the kind of tea served on Sundays.”
“How can I help?” I asked
“I overheard you telling someone awhile ago that you have regular altar calls in you church…”
“Don’t you?” I asked
“No…” he replied
“Well don’t you think you should?”
“What difference will it make?” he said tiredly.
“It makes all the difference in the world.”
“You really think so?” he replied, his voice starting to reflect a newness of purpose. “We used to do it often but somehow we lost our way. You know I feel better already….”
Another word we can use for energy in the life and calling of the believer is the Holy Spirit. The Spirit’s work is to make us bold, give us strength, guide, counsel and empower us in our calling.
Are you struggling with energy levels when it comes to your ministry at work, in your family or at home?
If you are: pray and ask the Holy Spirit to open the eyes of your heart to God’s calling on your life. The power you receive when doing His will, will overflow into every area of your life as you live out your unique purpose for living.
(PS Some of you reading this letter will be able to testify to this and your testimony on the Blog in the comment box may change someone’s life.)
1 comment:
Yes I can testify to this, councelling people espesially within the church can drain you physically and emotionally, it is so important to ask the holy spirit for guidance. I struggled to maintain a healthy and stable emotional spirit, I felt everyone was sucking the life out of me, I would get home and be so tired but I was also feeling so empty inside. Then I started to pray on my own before I enter into a councelling session, I asked for guidance and strenght and that made a difference. Someone said to me once it is as if God's talking thru you, it was the biggest compliment I ever received and that makes it all worth the while. Sometimes I respond to people's questions and afterwards I go and sit and think and ask myself, where did I get that from? and all I can say is it was the holy spirit guiding me, I get my inspiration from above.
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