I attend a small group at my
church. This group is a mixture of
singles, married, and married with children ages 25-40. We used to be led by a pastor, but he found
a full time job with another church and due to financial reasons, my church
decided to not replace him.
12 of us sat in a room to try and divide up the
responsibilities that the pastor had.
We were asked to fill out a “Spiritual gifts test” that someone found
online and divide the jobs that way.
Many of us scored high in hospitality and administration. But when it came to the gift of teaching only
one guy admitted to scoring high. I also scored high in teaching but I was
afraid to teach.
Why? I have read my
bible and I know about the warnings that come with teaching. “Not many of you
should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach
will be judged more strictly.” James 3:1. That alone was enough to terrify me into not
teaching. To teach the word the God is
an awesome responsibility. Teaching
puts you under the microscope. The fear of misinterpreting scripture was
real. I would be accountable to God
everything I would say. To top it off, I
would be in a room full of my peers~ mature, Christ loving Christians who know
the word of God just as well (or better) than I do.
The guy who admitted to the gift of teaching has his own
business and would not be able to teach every Sunday and we needed at least one
more teacher. Looking down at my
spiritual gifts test, I knew that I scored very high in teaching. A voice that sounded just like mine said: “I
am willing to teach once in a while”.
And just like that my name was put on the rotation.
Am I terrified?
Yup. I don’t feel like I am qualified
to teach. However I have learned that
God loves to qualify the unqualified.
~Sunny :D
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