Who can remember the Summer Olympics in 2008? If you were like
me, you went many nights staying up all hours of the night to watch the
results. The one thing that amazed me was the dedication and discipline
of athletes who had invested years into their particular sport to shave
off nanoseconds from their best time or perhaps grab the gold by so
close a margin that even instant replay caused a slow-motion conundrum.
This dedication challenged me to consider the modern approach to
ministry in God’s church. Rather than gold medals, are we not in our
very own battles for souls won to the kingdom of God for all
eternity? Isn’t our main calling as ministers of the Gospel of Jesus
Christ to fight the battle of darkness which pervades this world with
the sword of the spirit and the holy light of God, turning back
humanity from the very gates of Hell?
When considering this, let us ask ourselves how much more that we
ministers of the greatest news that history has every known should
approach our ministries as a warrior prepares for battle or as the
athlete trains as to get the prize. Click
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