Have you ever heard someone talking about something that you have heard at least a dozen times before, but for some reason this time it has really struck you as important or profound??
The reason i haven't blogged in the last couple of weeks is that for one week i was away on holidays and for the second week i was at the National Youth Ministry Conference.
The holiday was good, i definitely needed the break, and the NYMC was really good too. The days were long and there was a lot of info to process, something that is going to take a bit of time to do, but at the same time it was fun as well.
I guess the one thing that has really triggered some thought in my own mind is a theme that seemed to reoccur a few times last week, and now this week as i try to do some post conference reading, is that it is not so much what we do for God (eg. programmes and activities) that matters as much as who we are in God.
Now before i upset anyone, i am most definitely not saying that we should not do mission or ministry. I am not saying that we shouldn't reach out to the lost, last or least, or anything like that. All i am saying is that before we do any of this we need to make sure that we are plugged into God's power.
As I have been reminded over the last week or so, and to be honest, this has challenged me because of how busy i have been recently, that there is no point rushing here and there in a huge hurry doing all of this stuff, the 'work of God' so to speak, if i am not being a man of God.
I need to remember to take quality time with God, to hook up to His power and stop trying to do things by my power, because the reality is that there is always more work to do, i could always find more things to do, but i need to do what God wants me to do. And part of that is to spend time with Him in His Spirit.
I know that i don't want to be one of those people who Jesus talks about in Matthew 7: 21-23 who say "Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?" and then hear Jesus response; "I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!"
Clearly, getting into Heaven is not so much a matter of what you have done and what you know as Who you know.
Are you taking time to know God??
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SNAP! I nearly wrote my blog about that too - it's one of the things that really hit home from the conference - but decided to do my girls rant instead! haha!
One of the best comments I heard at the conference was from Tim Hawkins, and that was begging us to ask the question "Do you put more effort into PLANNING for your young people or in PRAYING for them? Because God's far more interested in what He's doing IN you than what He's doing THROUGH you"... I loved that, I've written it out and put it next to my desk so I don't forget it.
Looking forward to debriefing the conference more soon.
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