These devotions are a part of casting vision to our leaders. I want to do everything I can to help them remember that they are making a difference for the kingdom of God and spreading the love of Jesus effectively. All the while challenging them to stretch in their own walk with Christ.
March 29, 2015
This week I had a great
reminder of why I do Children’s Ministry.
I was going through the halls
as our mid-week service “SPLASH” was finishing up. All but a few kids were
still around with their leaders. Then I heard one of our leaders call out to me,
“Pastor Butch! I have someone here who wants to tell you something.”
As I leaned over to look this
little girl in the eyes, she said to me, “I want to be baptized.”
I was so excited for her. I
said “that’s great!”
All though this is great, the
best part was when I asked, “Why do you want to do that?”
She peered straight into my
eyes and said, “Because I want to obey God and do all He wants me to”.
Wow! In that moment my heart
did jumped and melted all at once.
Here we have a glimpse of why
we do all that we do. These are the moments we hang on to, especially when you’re
asking yourself, why am I doing this?
You may say Pastorb, I don’t
have that opportunity, I work in the nursery. The kids I work with are not able
to communicate these choices to us as well as they do when their older.
Here is what I say to you,
when older kids make these choices and tell us, I want you to understand that
you have had a part in their decision to follow Jesus. You have changed their
diapers, wiped their tears, you are the ones who have loved on them and rocked
them to sleep. You have had a big hand is showing the love of Jesus to them.
This all happens because of
our faithfulness to do what God has asked us to do.
I want to say to all of you,
Thank you for making a difference!
Whoever wants to save their
life must lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it.
Matthew 16:25
“God did not call us to be
successful, but to be faithful.”
Mother Teresa
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