I have always been somewhat of a people-pleaser. Most of my life I have worked hard at making other people happy with me. Sometimes this created conflict when what I was doing to make one person happy would not make someone else very happy with me. It also sometimes created inner conflict as I sometimes did things that I did not necessarily want to do. As I began in ministry, this became a bigger issue for me. Being called into ministry can be a very lonely experience and I had certain expectations of myself as well. It was very easy for me to fall into the trap of being a people-pleaser all over again, especially if it meant that people would like me. It meant that I would feel less lonely if I was well liked. I also fall prey to the thinking that I am full of really good ideas, and while sometimes that is true, it does not always work out well in a ministry setting. …show more content…
Just by what it means to have Jesus as Lord of my life makes a difference in how I conduct myself in ministry. It changes the ministry from being about me and what I can do or how big I can grow the church, to being about what Christ wants for the church, established by God through Christ. When I experience the Lordship of Jesus Christ in Ministry is when I am open to the work for me in this church and in the world, and the reality of that is that sometimes it brings me to do things that I do not necessarily want to do and go places I do not really want to go. However, the rewards that come from these experiences far outweigh anything that I have ever done on my