Some self correction
I had a conservation with another pastor last week about being a nobody. He sent me an e-mail reading 1 Corinthians 1:27-31. This passage reminded me that God is not interested in my prominence but my obedience. God takes the weak, simple, and base things of the world to bring Him glory.
What I have discovered is that I have been worried about my image instead of God’s glory. I have been concerned about my next and not God’s now. The way I was socialized as a pastor was to climb the church ladder by self promotion and by gathering a large crowd. The problem with this way of thinking is that it is not how God works. I have desired to become a somebody while telling myself that it was about God and not me. I was and am deceived. God wants me to walk with Him in dependence and love. He wants me to empty myself so He can use my life for His glory.
Recently Tara and I did franchise training. We studied marketing, sells, and goals and objectives. It was fun and needed. The sad part it felt a lot like the training we do for church planting. If church planting is about franchising then where does the mystical power of God come in? What about the pastor walking with God and displaying the fruit of the spirit? What about if God doesn’t move it doesn’t matter? I think that God is launching a new method of church planting based upon His power and for His glory. If the church is going to make an impact on this nation it will only be by the unexplained movement of God. With that said, I, as a leader, must be equipped with understanding of business models, be trained in theological truth, and mostly be a holy man who walks with God. The truth is that the last is the most important and the least applied. A holy man is an empty man filled with Jesus. As a result of this revelation I will be training church planters in a different way. We will first and foremost learn to walk with God.
I had a conservation with another pastor last week and I am reminded it is good to be a nobody who serves the King of Glory!
What I have discovered is that I have been worried about my image instead of God’s glory. I have been concerned about my next and not God’s now. The way I was socialized as a pastor was to climb the church ladder by self promotion and by gathering a large crowd. The problem with this way of thinking is that it is not how God works. I have desired to become a somebody while telling myself that it was about God and not me. I was and am deceived. God wants me to walk with Him in dependence and love. He wants me to empty myself so He can use my life for His glory.
Recently Tara and I did franchise training. We studied marketing, sells, and goals and objectives. It was fun and needed. The sad part it felt a lot like the training we do for church planting. If church planting is about franchising then where does the mystical power of God come in? What about the pastor walking with God and displaying the fruit of the spirit? What about if God doesn’t move it doesn’t matter? I think that God is launching a new method of church planting based upon His power and for His glory. If the church is going to make an impact on this nation it will only be by the unexplained movement of God. With that said, I, as a leader, must be equipped with understanding of business models, be trained in theological truth, and mostly be a holy man who walks with God. The truth is that the last is the most important and the least applied. A holy man is an empty man filled with Jesus. As a result of this revelation I will be training church planters in a different way. We will first and foremost learn to walk with God.
I had a conservation with another pastor last week and I am reminded it is good to be a nobody who serves the King of Glory!
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