I once read about a pastor who asks his staff and ministry candidates one important question on a consistent basis, and that is “tell me five things that God is changing in your life”, with the idea being that if the person could not think of just five things that God is challenging them on, that they aren’t committed enough in a relationship with God to be part of his staff. This may sound harsh, but I think he’s completely right. In the spirit of complete openness and transparency, Here are five things that God is working on in my life:
1. Patience
2. How my words affect those around me
3. Not being selfish
4. Being content with what God has given me at this stage in life
5. How I spend my money
I’m not a fan of basking and boasting about sin but I am a fan of sharing with others things that God is doing in my life, because maybe someone can be encouraged by what God is doing in my life – how He can take a messed up person and create within me a man worthy of being called a child of God. These five things have not always been something that I have been working on and one day I fully expect that some will drop off and God will add others. Just like with anything else, if we never realize our weaknesses and grow, we will stay stagnant and cease to be effective. I refuse to be ineffective - to fall short of the call to Holiness that God has placed on our lives. Not that I am anything special for answering that call, but it is God doing the work; all I’m doing is allowing Him to get in there and turn things upside down and inside out!
So what’s wrong with you? What are your five things?
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