Are You A GPS?

It is amazing how God designed the family of faith to function in much the same way as the human body. Collectively, as believers, we make up the family of faith - the body of Christ. Each of us represents a different body part. One might be a hand and another a foot. Then there is the eye and the brain. We all have different functions and none is more important than another. And it is when we work together that we are able to carry out the plan and purpose of God. We need each other. Sometimes we think we can operate independently, but that’s about as intelligent as the foot saying, “I think I’ll go for a walk today by myself and leave the rest of the body at home.” Only when we are experiencing life together are we able to experience the full potential Christ has placed within us. I remember standing outside one evening about 7 or 8 years ago with my son Hunter, gazing into the night sky in search of the middle star on Orion’s belt. I found the star but Hunter was having trouble picking it out. I gently took him by the shoulders, turned his body in the right direction, raised his head, and pointed my finger across his shoulder directly at the star. When he looked in the direction I was pointing, he was able to see the star. It most likely would have been impossible for him to do that if we hadn’t been working together. But as I oriented him in the right direction, he found it without any problem.

In much the same way, it’s only when we are following the leading and direction of the Holy Spirit that we will discover the ministry God wants to accomplish in and thru our lives. He orients our focus on the glory of God as He equips, prepares, refines, and grows us in His grace. And as He is working in and thru us, He constantly focuses our attention on the completed work of Christ on the Cross. And whenever we’re struggling to find our way, struggling to discover His plan & purpose, the Holy Spirit gently takes us by the shoulders, lifts our head and points our focus towards the all sufficiency of the resurrected Savior. And it’s thru our relationship with Him that we find the means to meet our need. In the same way, as we meet others along the road of life who are struggling, it is our privilege to we come along side them, take them by the shoulders, lift their head and point their gaze towards the power and provision of Jesus Christ. Ministry isn’t about you and I meeting the needs of others in our own power and provision. It’s our lives being infused with the power and provision of God as we reach out to minister His love and grace in a world lost in darkness, searching for hope in all the wrong places… So… Are you a GPS – “God’s Pointing Servant” – for others on the road of life, pointing others to the all sufficiency of Christ? How many shoulders have you turned today? How many heads have you lifted? How many folks have you pointed to the cross? 

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