A Parable about Ministries

 

I love to win! Not sometimes, every time. I will not go to a movie if I know it has a sad ending. Why pay money when I can get discouraged for free? I wish that life was a constant celebration of one victory after another but that is not what we read about in the Bible and that is not the life that Jesus called us to. The life of a disciple individually and collectively is a series of ups and downs. Like Peter, we will have times of brilliant revelation and commendation followed by swift correction and rebuke (Mk 8). Sometimes we will walk on the water and other times be exposed for our lack of faith (Mt 14). The Story of the Old and New Testament is a constant shifting back and forth as God’s people alternately choose to serve God and then serve themselves. The principle of repentance is not something that is done once in our lives but rather a lifestyle that must be maintained.