2/18/2017 2 Comments Marriage & MinistrySo, Marriage & Ministry!
This is not a topic that can be covered in just one post. I am sure I will have to revisit this topic again and again from different angles. However, today I want to talk about Marriage & Ministry and what I consider to be their proper order. In case you didn't know, I believe I am called to be an order setter. I didn't always know this, but recently I have come to accept it. Last year, I was struggling with the place I was in. I felt like I once again was involved in some things that seemed so out of order! It was really difficult for me because I like order, I thrive on order, and I hate to be connected or committed to dysfunctional, out of order things. So, I begin to seek God on where I was and what was my purpose for being there. I begin to seek God on why I was seeing the things that I was seeing and why couldn't others see what was so plainly in my face. During my struggle with this, I heard a speaker at a women's conference talk about some of us having a calling on us to set order. She highlighted that one way that we can discern this is that we normally find ourselves in dysfunctional or chaotic places, driven with a passion to set order. Normally these places trouble us because they are out of order. Normally, we don't have peace or comfort until we put back or assist with putting them back in order. This is not OCD, or something like that. This is spiritual! It means we see things as they apply to God's order and when they are out of order, it is troubling. For instance with me, I can even remember during times that I have experienced out of order, sometimes I didn't quite know it was out of order I just knew something felt wrong and from there someway or somehow I would end up in the word EXACTLY in the section of the Bible that would deal with that particular set of order. One thing I'm learning on my journey to becoming His first lady is the order of marriage and ministry. Marriage is a ministry. It is our first ministry. In Titus 1:5-9 & 1 Timothy 3:1-13, when directing how to appoint or select Elders in the church the scripture deals with family first, then individual characteristics, before addressing spiritual aspects. This is how important the ministry of marriage of is. It is so important that when we select leaders in the body based, we are charged to look at or consider their marriage and family life. So.....what does this tell us about how we should prioritize ministry and marriage in our life? I believe we are expected to take care of home first, and I do NOT mean just women. I mean us, saints, are expected, if we are married to make sure that we take care of home first. "Taking care" of home can vary from home to home, but the over all point remains the same, do what you have to do to make sure your spouse and family are secure first. I have learned to make sure that my house is in order first before I go out and try to pursue anything else. I am not going to go into detail in this post as to how I do this(I want you to seek God on what is for your house), or what works for my house, lets just start with the order first. I urge you to read those scriptures mentioned above and others and seek diligently to confirm this order. There was a blog post I once read "Should a Husband place Ministry or Family First?" that was thought provoking but especially a specific part that I am going to share below: How husband and wife relate to one another couldn't be more central to the building of God's kingdom. Why is that? Because God designed marriage to refer to, or be a picture of, a cosmic reality (Ephesians 5:31). He intends that how the husband treats his wife will tell us something about how Christ treats His bride, the church. And He intends that how the wife relates to her husband will tell us the truth about how the church is to relate to Christ. Marriage is ministry. The stakes are high — infinitely higher than we realize. It is important to remember that the order of priorities in our life, is a precursor to establishing the order in the church. For me, it's God, Marriage, and then Ministry ...... in that order! What is it for you? I would love to hear what you think?
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Brown
2/18/2017 10:11:15 am
This Blog truly puts things in perspective. Order is Key. I definitely was in a place where the order of things were backwards. It wasn't until the Lord put a bright light on that area in my life for me to see clearly. Now I know my Marriage comes first because that's my first Ministry. God,Marriage&Ministry Setting Order is so Important..... Thanks for this Blog it truly Blessed Me 💋
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Kristina
2/18/2017 10:04:18 pm
You are absolutely correct Order is Key!!!! Thanks for blessing me with feedback. My hope is that in sharing and being transparent, support can form. That support is essential in the body!!!
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