Sorry for the lateness of this post, but yesterday was a day where my soul was filled with the presence of God all day long! Yesterday was Tuesday and by our tradition at Annual Conference every year this is the day that we listen to final words of the clergy that is retiring this year and Tuesday night we experience many of our colleagues receive commissioning or ordination as a deacon or elder.
I would really like to focus on those two in this post.
The same day that many clergy were hanging up their clergy robe and stoles many were being given theirs. There is something so powerful about that.
One generation passes on the baton if you will. The mission of God is something that is not limited by church buildings, generations, or anything else in this world. The mission is still the same. His mission continues on because the Lord God is the beginning and the end and because of that simple yet amazing truth His mission goes from the beginning to the end as well.
It is very important to mention that God has called us all in service of Him and we are ALL apart of HIS MISSION. We are all his beloved children and we are all ambassadors for the Lord Jesus Christ. In Colossians 3:17 it says we are all called to do all things whether word or deed in the name of the Lord Jesus.
All things!
That is more than Ordained Ministry that is all ministries!
Doctors, Construction Workers, Lawyers, Computer Programmers, Politicians, EVERYONE IN EVERY FIELD ON THE PLANET.
So no matter who you are and what you do you are called to do whatever you do for God.
So Go! And Do ALL THINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS!