Mark 5 contains one of my favorite passages. It concerns Jairus' daughter who is at the brink of death when the people come to Jesus. He is on his way, but another matter delays him. He heals a woman who has been hemorraging for 12 years. When he gets to Jairus' house, the little girl is dead. The crowd is somewhat twisted in their reception of him. Mark 5:38-40- They came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and Jesus saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly. 39 And when he had entered, he said to them, “Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but sleeping.” 40 And they laughed at him. But he put them all outside and took the child's father and mother and those who were with him and went in where the child was. (www.lifejournal.cc) I like the part about them laughing and Jesus putting them outside. He then went in and got the job done.
If you wait until everyone pats you on the back to do ministry, it will never be done. If you share Christ, some won't welcome you. Shake the dust off your feet and move on. If you try to minister to someone, some will think you need to do more and some will think you did too much. The barometer of your service for the Lord cannot be taken by a consensus. You follow the Lord today in whatever He would have you do and watch Him work through you. God blesses obedience, so follow Him.
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