 We cannot enter into ministry pridefully as if anything on our earthy resume would qualify us for serving. Not only are we unqualified for such a task, we quickly realize that we are disqualified because of our sin. If our hearts are humble about this, we mourn.
This mourning forces us to realize that it is only because of God’s great mercy that we have any ministry at all. The Apostle Paul wrote about this in 2 Corinthians 4:1, “Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart.” Yes, we are unqualified. We might even be the worst—the chief of sinners. And yet somehow, only in God’s mercy, He has called us to serve—so we do not lose heart. We can mourn over our sin while we receive comfort from the Lord. This is where true worship begins—at the intersection of the awareness of our own sin and God’s great grace, which is greater than our sin! Guilty, helpless, lost were we; blameless Lamb of God was he, sacrificed to set us free: Hallelujah, what a Savior! Comments are closed.
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