When you\u2019re involved in God\u2019s work, it\u2019s easy to get out of balance and end up enjoying the work of the Lord more than the Lord of the work. First, Jesus called His disciples to<\/i> Him; then, He sent them out from<\/i> Him. The power you need to succeed in your God-given assignment comes from the time you spend with the Lord, not people. <\/p>\n
One day Jesus took three of His disciples to the top of the Mount of Transfiguration. \u2018His face shone like the sun\u2026 there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus.\u2019<\/i> (Matthew\u00a017:2\u20133\u00a0NIV) Peter was elated by the experience: \u2018Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters.\u2019<\/i> (Matthew\u00a017:4\u00a0NIV) Peter wanted to stay, but God spoke from Heaven and said, \u2018This is My beloved Son\u2026 Listen to Him!\u2019<\/i> (Matthew\u00a017:5\u00a0AMP) <\/p>\n
Afterwards, Jesus took His disciples back down the mountain and they began to minister to needy people. It\u2019s good to have periodic \u2018mountaintop experiences\u2019 with God, but you can\u2019t stay there. There is work to be done at the foot of the mountain. There must be a balance between taking in and giving out. <\/p>\n
One day a year, the high priest entered the Holy of Holies and had the privilege of seeing God\u2019s glory. What an honour! But the rest of the year was spent outside, ministering to the people. After an encounter with God during which the building shook, Isaiah cried, \u2018I am undone.\u2019<\/i> (Isaiah\u00a06:5\u00a0NKJV) Then God touched his mouth and said, \u2018Go, and tell this people.\u2019<\/i> (Isaiah\u00a06:9\u00a0NKJV) , And that\u2019s what we\u2019ve been called to do. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When you\u2019re involved in God\u2019s work, it\u2019s easy to get out of balance and end up enjoying the work of the Lord more than the Lord of the work. First, Jesus called His disciples to Him; then, He sent them out from Him. The power you need to succeed in your God-given assignment comes from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}