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GOING ONS:
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This morning I woke up early to go and see "The Incredibles". It was a really
good film. I really liked it. I'm going to buy the DVD when it comes out too...
It's been very much an animation movie week. I got "Finding Nemo" for
christmas and watched it for the first time - yes the first time - the other day
with some friends.
Went shopping at karrinyup today too. Bought a few essentials and just hung out with Timmie, Tet, Jessica and Peng. Quite good. Worlds collide kind of thing. Ocf friends meet church friend hahaha. The rest of my church friends have deserted us and gone overseas hehehe... and YES I DO HAVE MORE THAN 1 CHURCH FRIEND!!!
Tomorrow I get to go Jet skiing!!! YAY!!!
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THOUGHTS:
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Was just listening to a cd my friend got me for christmas a few years ago.
It's a drum CD. Very very good. Kind of like big band music. Was also
talking about some friends that me, Peng and Tet have met in the past who
are very musically talented. As the CD finished it got me thinking,
NOTE: The thought process about this bit of thinking came about me talking
to another friend - Jessica - about ministry and calling.
So, if people are always saying that the each person has a gift that God has
given them and that each gift usually means that the calling God will or have
destined for them will use that gift to further this calling does that mean that
the gift we have defines somewhat the level of service we are able to serve
God in. I don't mean the commitment. I think we all can be committed and
passionate about the ministry we are serving in whether we are suppose to
be in it or not. (That point of thought will have to be another topic if I
remember what i'm ever thinking about next time hahaha).
So, there is attitude to service but then there is also level of effectiveness in
a ministry. Hmmm... thinking about it makes me think maybe there is also
a level of how much we are able to do, where no matter how much we try
even if it's the calling that God personally spoke to us about we will be
limited. Now is this limitation a limitation of our gift given by God.
Although in asking all this I know it's not about how effective we are because
things like that stem from our own will and how much we as a human given
what we've been given by God can do but it should rather be about (from
our perspective) our attitude in having a complete desire to do what God
wants. Like in a song that I feel very important to me which says,
"Jesus, I believe in you and i would go to the ends of the earth,
to the ends of the earth for you."
So my point is if we are called to serve God, given gifts to assist in such
endevours why is it so hard to find the gifting you've been given if you've
got any. Also if we are given levels of certain gifts how then do we know we
are serving God all out and effectively in His eyes.
Also in serving God the point is to get to know Him better hence enhancing
our relationship with Him, does serving him fully result in contentment?
If we don't know our contentment because we shouldn't correlate our
relationship with the effectiveness of our ministry then how so does it ALL
work? Does anyone understand my cyclical dillema here?
Brain hurts now hahaha... Hope i made sense. | 