We proclaim him, warning and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ. —Colossians 1:28
When we get heavily involved in the nuts and bolts of ministry, sometimes it can be easy to lose sight of the goal. That goal isn’t to run a program or entertain people. It’s not to help them fill their notebooks with great biblical insights or give people a social outlet. Some of those things may happen in the process of ministry, but the goal is to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Why do we do what we do in ministry? To see people reconciled to God, to see them transformed into the image of Christ, to see them become faithful followers of Christ who are living and serving in community with other faithful followers of Christ and who themselves begin to proclaim the gospel to others.
That’s the whole concept of proclaiming the gospel—it transforms lives, it makes people new, it gives them a new vocation and a new calling, it gives them a whole heart transplant! That is the true reason why we work.
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“Portrait of an Effective Servant” (Revive Our Hearts series)
Scripture taken from The CSB
Make it Personal
How can you keep the ultimate goal of proclaiming the gospel in mind as you minister to other people?