Inspired

Have you been inspired to something greater?  Do you know what our God has called you to do?  Do you get excited when doing His work?  So often times we are in a situation where someone approaches us and asks us to help in some ministry, maybe its children’s church or nursery, maybe its ushering, maybe it is secreatarial, maybe it is cleaning, maybe it is advertising, maybe it is outreach….. the list goes on and on.

The thing about it is, I truly believe that God wants us to be joyful in serving.  It shouldn’t just be something we feel like we have to do, or that we do to look good or involved.  When we are doing His work it should be joyful, it should feel like we are a part of building His kingdom.  Yes, there will be times where we are tired and weary, but the day to day serving Him should be joyful.  For example I love babies (hence I am a pediatric, nursery and labor and delivery RN)_ if I didn’t like babies/children then probably I shouldn’t be doing children’s ministries within church.  Say I was good at building things and designing, those are my talents, those are the things that I should be using to build God’s kingdom.  Yesterday I was in the nursery at our church and it was overwhelming.  I came out of there discussing with my husband some things that I think would make things work a little better in there.  But that is my heart, serving people, so it is easy for me to wrap my brain around that.

Pray about what God has for you.  Pray about the ministry that has been created just for you at this time.  When God is using you specifically for His purpose mighty things can happen.

I was listening to the church where we used to go up in Massachusetts this weekend.  Pastor Dan was preaching about Mary and Martha, and the difference between serving Him and just doing what has to be done.  I don’t want to just do the work that has to be done, I want to serve and love my Lord in the process.