The past 2 days has been really disturbing. Disturbing to know that beneath the lives of fellow believers, there are so many so many issues they are grappling with within and it is affecting their spiritual walk with God. You could see them every week, he he ha ha with them, have dinner, talk about things under the sun, but deep down, they are struggling so badly that they are like a steamer, waiting for explode.
They say ignorance is bliss so maybe it's better that I didn't know some of these things. But as I get involved more and more as a leader and as a giver, knowing some of these things would be "inevitable". I recall what I read in Matt 9:35-36, that Jesus felt a deep compassion for the crowds He saw, BUT only because He had spent time ministering to them. How else can a compassion and burden be developed for people unless one is prepared to meet their needs? I guess that this is part and parcel of ministry. You want to have an increased burden for people? Be involved in their needs. If not, whatever you hear just becomes gossips or points of judgment on that individual or worst still, of no interest & impact to you.
God please help me have a bigger heart.
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