I am just starting “my”ministry and already I struggle with thinking in terms of “what is God’s plan for His kingdom or His church”rather than “what is God’s plan for my life and ministry.”I pray that I will always keep Him first and foremost.
This brings me to a thought I recently had about the New Testament. Instead of reading about the actions in terms of who they are happening to, I’m trying to read it in terms of it’s impact on Jesus.
Traditionally, I have thought about Peter denying Jesus and thought about how bad Peter felt afterwards. Now I think more about the impact it had on Jesus. He was in His last days, and one of His most trusted friends denied Him. If He hadn’t already told Peter about it, can you imagine the shock it would have been to Him? I’m sure it still was very hurtful to Him, and served to make Him even more human.
Another aspect that I thought about was when Jesus was on the cross, and He told John to take care of His mother. Again, being God, He knew she would be ok, but the human side of Him must had been in agony knowing that His mother was losing her first born son. I can only imagine seeing the hurt on your parents face and knowing that it must happen that way.
Reading it from God’s perspective instead of a human perspective has given me new insight into what it’s all about.
I know these New Testament thoughts have been off topic, but I needed to share that. After all, it’s all about JESUS.
Lord, I pray that “my”ministry is truly yours. I pray that you will keep all of us humble and that we will never lose track that all glory belongs to you.