John 15:16 (RSV)
16 You did not
choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit
and that your fruit should abide; so that whatever you ask the Father in my
name, he may give it to you.
NOTE: I think there
is a natural tendency to think that we picked God. In John's first letter, he
says that God loved us first. In other words, God has pursued us. We are His
because he loved us and sought us. Now ministry is certainly a decision and pursuit,
but even more importantly it is God appointing us to bear fruit. Where is my
appointment? Most of my life has been in disciplemaking and teaching. A good
portion also involved with young adults. But lately it has been with older
adults, although still disciplemaking and teaching. At this point, it may also
be communicating what I have learned to church leaders so that they can carry
the vision and culture of disciplemaking into their local bodies, the church.
God help me to see and understand my appointment. How do you want to use me? I
don't want to do this for my pride or self-glory, but rather for your glory.
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