Thursday, July 9, 2009

Taking for granted and giving 10%

First off, i know its been a long time since i have posted anything, lots of life happening, hills and valleys, but hopefully i can share more and more of what God is showing me in my walk in the months to come. Perhaps i will share some very personal revelations that  have occurred in the past weeks, but in the meantime, I have this note to offer, something that i have recently come across in  a bible study....

What is your ministry? Do you perhaps take care of the children one Sunday a month, play or sing in the worship band, run audio or visual? maybe you are a greeter, a bulletin folder, a pastor, a teacher, a leader, a director, what ever you do...are you really doing it? are you truly being your ministry?

In the past week i have been doing a bible study that is part of the Lifeway threads series, the book is titled "blemished" It studies the book of Malachi. one thing that has my attention is the fact that the people were sacrificing animals that were maybe blind or crippled, whatever the case, they weren't the best that were available to give. 

how often to we walk into do our "job" at church? We wake up Sunday morning and dread taking the first step out of be because we know we have to deal with those noisy kids again, or that old sound system, or those complaining people? But I have a question, when did doing work for the Lord include our preferences or agenda? I am just as guilty as the next person, at my church, I run the video projection system, and some weeks, i really don't wont to have to worry about It, maybe i have other stuff to do, but its not about me. its not about the fact that its another thing to do. its all about serving the lord, and if i am gonna offer something up to my God, the Lord of all creation, I want it to be un-blemished. 

God knows what our 10% jobs look like, but do we know what his 10% looks like? Think about that. everything God has every done has been 100%, (that's probably way underestimated). He created us. if that's not enough, he sent himself, his only son, to the world to show us his love in yet another way, and then took OUR punishment for OUR sins to HIS cross. but that was only 50%, then he rose again after three days, holy cow! i think that puts it over the top donchathink?

God loves you. 100%. Next time you walk into church to do your "job".... remember that. You might want to think about giving more than "10%"


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