Times of Crisis

I am rather new to vocational ministry, but one thing that I learned very quickly is that conflict (that crisis) defines your ministry. It defines how far you will go and how much you will grow.

In crisis we desperately seek answers. In conflict we grow. In crisis the plot of our life advances. In our conflict the plot of history moves forward. In crisis, God shows up! Without conflict, their is no need for a solution. God is the solution, enter into the conflict!

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Proverbs 24:9-12 - Message

Fools incubate sin; cynics desecrate beauty.
If you fall to pieces in a crisis, there wasn’t much to you in the first place.

Rescue the perishing; don’t hesitate to step in and help.
If you say, “Hey, that’s none of my business,” will that get you off the hook?

Someone is watching you closely, you know—Someone not impressed with weak excuses.
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Is there much to you? Are you stepping into help rescue the perishing, or are you cynically desecrating beauty. In ministry (vocational or not) you are accountable. You are on the hook with God no less, and he says keep those weak excuses to yourself.

The scripture says that fools and cynics who do nothing will shrivel and die. The people who sit on the sidelines and complain about the crisis may survive, but they will not thrive.

So I ask you, "What are you made of?" Embrace the crisis, embrace the solution.