God will often lead us down paths we would not choose ourselves – either because we have our own ideas whats best for us or sometimes we don’t feel called to a particular area or its out of our comfort zone, and sometimes we don’t feel qualified and of course… Sometimes we just don’t want to.
God has bee opening doors for my for quite some time I would not normally choose for myself.
Most recently He has determined that I could serve Him well in another area of ministry – Pastoral ministry.
So February 25th, 2018 I was honored to be ordained and a Minster of the Gospel of Jesus Christ – an ambassador of Ambassadors.
And somehow the line form Spider-Man keeps coming to mind “With great power comes great responsibility”. No I am not letting it all go to my head, quit the contrary I feel like I must pay attention to where God just sent me. Out into the mission fields but before I was just another brother in Christ or just another Christian or just another guy. I have not changed me, God did not even change me in this moment. But it is how the world around me perceives me that has just changed. If I now say I am pastor or reverend David Knight I now have a responsibility to my creator now much greater than before because when move up in to positions of leadership or teachers or whatever the expectation is greater for having the right manners, the right answers, the right whatever.
James 3:1 Says it quite clearly
Dear brothers and sisters, not many of you should become teachers in the church, for we who teach will be judged more strictly.
(NLT version)
One of my greatest moments of surrender included the prayer that I would Keep doing what I was doing, keep Praising Him, keep doing my bible studied and be the best version of me I could and let him have the rest…and not give others “Another” reason to mock God.
So many public figures in Sports, in music, TV, Film, Politics, Business do not take their role responsible to set the example because whether the do it on purpose or not they ARE they examples people will follow. And also people watch for them to stumble or fall and pounce like the vultures they are.
How much more so in the church? Are we not in the public eye just as everyday Christians? What about Pastors and Priests and bishops and so on and so on? They have all been human, and some have fallen in a way that is extreme and they are discovered or uncovered by the media etc. Adultery , finance, and more.
So when I say I am not making a big deal out of it – the fact is that it IS a big deal whether I like it or not because He is THE big deal. And now I carry a sign that says watch me close.
For those watching and waiting. I will fall. I will do something not right. I will say something I shouldn’t – My eyes will wander to places they should not go. I will not ever be perfect. But Its how I get back up after I fall that I want you to see. So is this a time of rejoicing? Of Praising Him? Of Celebration? Of course it is. But is also a time of mediation, and reflection.
Remember when you watch your role models that they are human too. And if you are a role model to someone be it an audience nation wide or the audience of a young boy or girl who looks up to their big brother or sister their Mother or Father – remember your audience will catch a lot more from what you do than what you say.
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