Ministering Out Of Divine Means
Part 36 - Luke 9:1-17 (ESV) - Pastor Tim Kroeker
2 Peter 1:3:
“His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence.”
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Have you ever been given a task for which you felt ill equipped? Perhaps you felt this way as a first time parent, bringing that delicate little life home from the hospital. For the first 36 hours you relied on the expertise of an entire team of doctors and nurses. There was that reassuring hushed buzz in the halls of a hospital. But all of a sudden you step into the relative emptiness of your own home and suddenly you’re all alone. It’s just you and this baby that won’t stop crying.
Or perhaps you’ve felt overwhelmed the first week at a new job. Of course you put your best foot forward throughout the interview process. You could do just about anything the employer asked. But now here you are in the new office. You don’t know the people or the processes, yet somehow you have to fill your position. You gotta perform.
Perhaps you feel ill equipped as a Christian. You know you’re supposed to do something; follow Jesus, be godly, don’t sin. But by what means?
As we continue on in our salvation story we’ll read that Jesus sent out his disciples, assigning to them some seemingly impossible tasks. However, he was teaching and training them for a future, even more global mission. We’ll see that when God gives us a task, he also provides us the means, and they are always more than enough.
