Sometimes in ministry you are so overwhelmed, phisicly, spiritually so overruned, and on the edge of your capability of „giving out”, and you know you would need at least a good day or two off to recharge and to be able to fruitfully give out again, feed, encourege, tend, etc...
And then there is that wierd heresy trying to sneak in... and you have to deal with it...
Today on my first (partial) day off in long time, I was reading letter of a „wierd pastor” to all the churches of Croatia...
The topic was the power of vison. Off curse the guy was basicly praising the vision and raising its importance above everything...
I will quote some intresting sentences:
”Vision brings love instead of hate. Vision brings peace instead of war...”
After few pages I asked myself...where is GOD mentioned in it...? The answer was nowhere...because the Vision is god to this person.
Don’t missunderstand me, I belive in GOD using visions in our lives...I am a missionary in Vukovar because GOD gave me a clear vision...HE has just recently given me a vision for next year for our little church...but Vision without GOD is pointless...
Why was this afternoon showing me GODs grace? I had very little time to truly be refreshed...I was pretty dissapointed that I need to read something that is not building me or the church...but through reading it GOD kept reminding me of the simple Vision HE has given me, and remined me, not to worry, but simply just to stick with it...
HE by HIS grace used this time to refocus my spiritual eyes and recharge my „batteries” and showed me...”you are on the right path, just keep going with my vision”
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