Something More to Sit On
I get emails from a friend throughout the week that are usually just a verse to think about as I go about the day. Today's verse spoke to me a few times, and even moreso after responding to a question from another website asking if I would call the person in order to help with an issue they were having with their Treo.
1 Thessalonians 5:12-23 ESV
12We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, 13and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. 14And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle,[a] encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all. 15See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone. 16Rejoice always, 17pray without ceasing, 18give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 19Do not quench the Spirit. 20Do not despise prophecies, 21but test everything; hold fast what is good. 22Abstain from every form of evil.
23Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
At one time, I was very active in many forums and web-doings and made a strong effort to at every chance say something or be in the middle of everything. It was me being unlearned about the dangers of tech abuse and really putting myself in a posistion where the Spirit of God (which led me to using the Internet and its accessories) was being slighted because I too much figured myelf as the focus of everything. It wasn't until seeing this proper focusing of the net and its accessories that I could hold better to understanding what the point of ministry online would be. Its not about one site over another, or one person being more favored than another. Its about the Word of God being shared (broken if you will) via a different medium than it had before. Its about making available to people by the net, PDAs, computers, etc. the ability to not think/worry about administration, but to concentrate on their giftings and where Dad wants them to go.
And so I urge you, no matter how you are looking at MMM or any other website/web tool that is out there, focus your doings here on Christ and where He has called you to use these items. While you may not be elegant in speaking, you may be in writing (so do it for His glory). Where you may not have a lot of friends offline, make yourself aviliable in vairous places online (as a person of sound wisdom and understanding, recognizing that Dad can use you as an example even without being "seen"). Do the work of Christ with this net and prove it to be not only a mission field, but a mission tool that Dad will use to draw people to Him.
1 Thessalonians 5:12-23 ESV
12We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, 13and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. 14And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle,[a] encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all. 15See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone. 16Rejoice always, 17pray without ceasing, 18give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 19Do not quench the Spirit. 20Do not despise prophecies, 21but test everything; hold fast what is good. 22Abstain from every form of evil.
23Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
At one time, I was very active in many forums and web-doings and made a strong effort to at every chance say something or be in the middle of everything. It was me being unlearned about the dangers of tech abuse and really putting myself in a posistion where the Spirit of God (which led me to using the Internet and its accessories) was being slighted because I too much figured myelf as the focus of everything. It wasn't until seeing this proper focusing of the net and its accessories that I could hold better to understanding what the point of ministry online would be. Its not about one site over another, or one person being more favored than another. Its about the Word of God being shared (broken if you will) via a different medium than it had before. Its about making available to people by the net, PDAs, computers, etc. the ability to not think/worry about administration, but to concentrate on their giftings and where Dad wants them to go.
And so I urge you, no matter how you are looking at MMM or any other website/web tool that is out there, focus your doings here on Christ and where He has called you to use these items. While you may not be elegant in speaking, you may be in writing (so do it for His glory). Where you may not have a lot of friends offline, make yourself aviliable in vairous places online (as a person of sound wisdom and understanding, recognizing that Dad can use you as an example even without being "seen"). Do the work of Christ with this net and prove it to be not only a mission field, but a mission tool that Dad will use to draw people to Him.
posted by Antoine @ 2/16/2006 12:12:00 AM
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