"While they were going out a man, who was demon-possessed and could not talk, was brought to Jesus." Matthew 9:32
Years ago, it was not uncommon to
have your milk delivered to your home. Doctors made house calls. And when you
made a call to a company to discuss a problem, you actually spoke to a human
being. Those days of personal service are gone, and if we are not careful, we
will follow the same trend in how we share the gospel.
So often we are encouraged to
bring people to church. Yet, we see no examples of where Jesus brought people
into the synagogue to get them saved or healed. The miracles happened more
often in the workplace because that was where Jesus could be found. Jesus had
less response and found more resistance in the synagogue than in the workplace.
He took the gospel to and modeled the gospel in the workplace. That is where
the power of God was manifested. This is not to say we should not bring people
to church, only that our priority should be to bring the Church into the
workplace, not bring the workplace into the church.
Paul understood this when he
said, "My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive
words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, so that your faith might
not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power" (1 Corinthians 2:4).
Paul understood that it wasn't
words that impacted people; it was the power of God manifested through him.
When is the last time someone saw
something happen through your life that could not be explained other than God
working in your life? When you begin to see this happen, you will be modeling
ministry as Jesus modeled it. You will be bringing the Church to the people,
not the people to the church. Pray that God makes you a vessel of His power,
not simply a vessel of words.
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