Happy

I want to tell you of a man that I know and how God used him. My intentions are to excite you and encourage you. This man gave his life to the Lord at a young age. As he got older his love for the Lord began to become weak in his teenage years. Later in life he found himself back in Church, not regular but at least he was coming. Then his attendance became weaker and weaker; that's what happens when you become weak. It will happen to me and it will happen to you, you see our enemy is interested in a slow fade. This young man finds himself working a job that was dangerous. One night he was in an accident on his job, he was hurt but it could have killed him. That night the Lord spoke to him, he quit his job and got back into Church. Before long he met a Christian young lady, they were married and he soon found himself Pastoring a Church. I got to know him after he had left that Church. What amazed me is he went out and found himself another ministry that kept him busy preaching in a nursing home for years. While still preaching at the nursing home God led him to become an Assistant Pastor for 17 years; God allowed him to become very successful while there. The Pastor said for 17 years he worked hard never one time did I ever hear him say that won’t work or we need to do it this way. He was faithful and for 17 years we never had a cross word or a disagreement. Today this man is Senior Pastor of a very strong Church. What did it take for this young Christian to change from being lukewarm to glowing hot? Was it that he was almost crushed to death? That may have played a part in it to start with but this young man took God seriously and at His Word. Once he came to the conclusion that God had saved him and called him for a purpose he never looked back. He was happy Pastoring, he was happy preaching in the nursing home, he was happy being associate for 17 years and today he is happy being the Senior Pastor. Reminds me of what Paul said;

Philippians 4:11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, [therewith] to be content. You may be asking yourself this question “Why isn't God using me?" One reason you may think you are too good for the nursing home ministry or the street corner ministry, or the jail, or the prison ministry or even working with those who have addictions. Whatever the case if you become content sitting and waiting you may spend the rest of your life doing nothing or little for God. My advice is find a ministry and to go to work and then watch God work in your life.