Six Steps to Excellence in Ministry by Kenneth Copeland

Author:Kenneth Copeland
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Bible, Christ, ministry, Six Steps to Excellence in Ministry, Jesus, excellence, wisdom
Published: 2011-09-30T10:48:28+00:00

Let me give you an illustration from my own experience. During a series of meetings we held in Ruston, Louisiana, we were plagued by problems from the beginning. When I arrived, I learned that the building we rented in advance was a "rat trap." It literally smelled like rotten tennis shoes. The crowds were sparse. I was homesick. And the devil was attacking my mind telling me that no one cared about me or my ministry anyway. I discovered during the last meeting that we were still $900 short of meeting our budget. I immediately started wondering how I was going to get the people to give.

I began to act out of fear and panic instead of by faith in the Word of God. I lost sight of the fact that God could send someone to that meeting for the specific purpose of meeting my needs. By allowing myself to become consumed with the problem, doubt and confusion took over. If I hadn't straightened up, I would have closed the door to what God wanted to do and would have given Satan the opportunity to intercept that person whom God was sending with the funds. Doubt could have cost me my victory.

In desperation I rationalized, "God, now I've been faithful to Your cause. My credit is good. I know what I'll do. I can just get out of town quietly and leave the bills unpaid for just a little while. I can pay them from what I receive from the next meeting." If I had, I would have wrecked my next budget before I ever got there!

That kind of reasoning leads to disaster. Once you start, your downfall is assured—it's just a matter of time.

God is everywhere. He works from both ends of a problem at the same time. Our knowledge and understanding of the situation doesn't even scratch the surface. In cases like this, the Father is trying to get us out of the way, so He can intervene. His reputation is on the line, not ours. If we will exercise faith and trust, the solution will come.

I was panicky. "Maybe," I thought, "if I ran down to the newspaper office and took out a full-page ad, it would attract enough people here tonight to reach that budget." Satan distracted me from meeting the needs of the people by getting me to think about how I could gather a big enough crowd to bring in the money.

If I had taken an ad, all I would have done was add another $500 or more to the already fractured budget. I learned that my commitment to "excellence" kept me from leaning on my own understanding.

Lay Aside the Cares of this World

At that same meeting, I also came to understand that I had to let the Word separate me from the cares of this world. With that unmet budget staring me in the face, I got my Bible and turned to every scripture in the Word of God that guaranteed me, by the blood of Jesus, that my expenses were met.

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