Small encouragements
June 26th, 2008
As a Christian involved in ministry there are times when you wonder if you are making any difference in the lives of the people around you. A lot of the times you don’t see any real measurable difference you are making and sometimes in your quieter moments you can tend to get a bit discouraged.
One of the things I have learned to do in ministry, especially in the area of evangelism, is to look for small encouragements along the way. One simple example is the other night someone I know opened their new Bible and brought out a tract I gave them four months ago. They read part of it out to the group and then said I believe this is true.
Now you might think this is a small thing. But it was good to know that they still had it, that they had read it cover to cover and they understood it. On the grand scheme of events it is quite small, but to me it was little encouragement that encourages me to listen to God’s prompting and hand out more tracts.
If you are in ministry I would encourage you to look for small signs of what you are doing has made a difference. Listen to people’s word and see if they repeat something from one of your sermons or if they are helping someone in the way you helped them. You might just find that you are making more of a difference than you think.
God Bless,
Dave