Take Heed to the Ministry...

“Say to Archippus, ‘Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it.’” Colossians 4:17

It has often been said that the highest calling a person can receive in life is the calling to carry God’s message of salvation, leading to righteousness for those who have not heard or who have not yet entered into that living relationship with Jesus Christ. In the words of a song, God is calling “faithful men” to serve Him and give their lives for the furtherance of the gospel. Has He called you?
       
Not everyone who is called responds in obedience and submission to the will of God. Some flatly reject God’s call as an inconvenience to their plans. They are not interested in God; they are interested foremost in self.

Those who do respond may fall into one of these three categories:

The rowboat response: This person must be pushed and prodded at regular intervals to keep going. They believe for only small things and are slow to accomplish anything.

The sailboat response: This one may make great headway but often in the wrong direction since they always go with the wind.

The steamboat response: This person has an inner power source, the Holy Spirit, Who provides not only movement but guidance, or direction, as well. Calm or storm, this one is doing his business - making headway, doing the Father’s will.

Reckon him a Christian indeed who is not ashamed of the gospel nor a shame to it.