"Importance of Balance"

My first blog in this series I started was about what Christ was teaching me in the last 5 months, and has led me to His bus stop ministry. Whenever there is something new in ones life it brings excitement, and with that people start sprinting. That's good, but life's journey equals a marathon. If a person just sprinted through the marathon, than they would get burned out. In order to finish the marathon with success, than a person needs to learn how to how to pace themselves. In ministry that means balance, and that is what Christ has been teaching me in the last week.

When I started doing the bus stop ministry I was so excited, that I wanted to do it 5 days a week. Well after two weeks I notice I was a bit tired when I went out there, and last time I only preached for less than 10 minutes. Prior to that I did spend time with the Lord, prayed He give me strength, and the words to say. When I got there I was still tired, than I quickly to talk to God in asking Him to speak through me. He did, and him speaking through us is not about the length. It is about His message that's composed of His word, love, and truth. In those 10 minutes He did that, and two days after that He has taught me the importance of balance.

Christ and His disciples did not witness every day in Christ's 3 years of ministry, because they would have worn themselves in not being effective.While Christ was God in the flesh His body was bound to the physical laws in where He was hungry, tired, so He needed rest just like anybody else would. In the Bible it states Christ got away from crowds to pray to His Father, and he also got away from the crowds with His disciples. That show's Christ being relational with His disciples to train them in His doctrine to be used after He ascended into heaven. Just like Christ, and His disciples we need balance.

To keep our priorities aligned with God's plan, and having Him be the head of it is challenging to do, which is why it's important for us to guard our time with Him daily. It's also important to use the time of rest with fellowship of other believers to spend time in the word together, prayer, and just having fun with each other. Christ never meant flowing Him to be borrowing, and He wants us to enjoy in what He gave us in His creation, love for Him, and love for one another.

Other things to help us keep our life in balance is being physically active with our body, because it helps us by giving us more energy. It also helps relieve any stress, its good for the mind, and for the spirit. Paul states that our body is the temple of our Holy Spirit, and one of the places we do not want to go to recover is the hospital. With our time with God, fellowship with other believers, exercising to balance things, it is also important to eat right. It is also good to eat things we enjoy, when we are consistent with good eating habits.

When life is imbalance, than eventually it will affect your ministry, so it is important to have balance.