There is a ministry which from the very beginning has accompanied kingdom work and yet few know about it today. I dare say you probably have never heard a sermon on it. You won't find it listed in church bulletins alongside missions, education, or outreach. You'll never see it included in lists of possible vocations for aspiring seminary students. And in fact, many who have been called to this ministry resent it — for it is one of the more difficult callings. And yet, it is as genuine and important a ministry as any in the body of Christ. In fact we read about it in Scripture.
John 9:1-3, “And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.†This passage is dealing with a man who was given a malady from birth so that, “the works of God might be displayed in him.†What an incredible calling! To know want, difficulty, hardship, suffering, So that God might extend display His Kingdom through you.
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