Talk with the Preacher
We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is the Lord’s work. Nothing we do is complete, which is another way of saying that the kingdom always lies beyond us.
No statement says all that should be said. No prayer fully expresses our faith. No confession brings perfection, no pastoral visit bring wholeness. No program accomplishes the church’s mission. No set of goals and objectives includes everything.
That is what we are about. We plant seeds that one day will grow. We water seeds already planted, knowing that they hold future promise. We lay foundations that will need further development. We provide yeast that produces effects far beyond our capabilities.
We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something and to do it very well. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning. A step along the way. An opportunity for the Lord’s grace to enter and do the rest.
We may never see the results. But that is the difference between the master builder and the worker.
We are workers, not master builders; ministers, not messiahs.
We are prophets of a future that is not our own.”
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