Several years ago, Vickie and I had the privilege of ministering in Fiji for 7 days. During our stay, we ministered some 30 times. It was an awesome experience. Lives were changed; we had added to the Kingdom. I felt so, so, so fulfilled in knowing that we had accomplished our assignment. We went back the next year, and instead of ministering 30 times, we ministered, I believe, just 5 times. To be perfectly honest, I wasn’t a happy camper. We had traveled an enormous distance only to minister a few times. I felt as though our time was being wasted. Throughout our stay in Fiji, I so wanted to immediately get back on the plane and head home.
John 14 – 16 tells of a Ministry Specialist who, too, has traveled a long distance to fulfill His assignment. His teaching credentials are undisputed. (John 14:26). He has an uncanny ability to always know what is coming next and what should be done. (John 16:13) In fact, Jesus said that it is to our advantage to have this Specialist’s presence in our ministry. (John 16:7).
Sadly, this Specialist, the Holy Spirit, often experiences the same restraints in His ministries that Vickie and I felt in our second trip to Fiji. There is much that He is assigned to accomplish. There are lives that He wants to impact. And yet, He is constrained and restricted to itsy, bitsy portions of our program and schedule.
Let’s allow this Specialist to fulfill His assignment. Let’s allow Him to speak and work through us. Let’s be attentive to His voice and direction. Then, the supernatural Spirit of God will begin to do supernatural things in and through our ministry. The results will be out of this world!
