DO NOT UNDERRATE THE CHURCH IN YOUR JOURNEY

One of the young men I pastor has a great story: In the process of his integration into church, he wanted to be a part of the Music Team. Eventually, he was posted to the Media Unit. It was not what he wanted but he took it in good strides.

He deployed the initial skills that he had and got to learn from others on the team also. He had to design almost everyday. It was demanding. He actually ended up still working with the music team during his stay here.

Since that time, every thing he does today and the doors the Lord has opened for him are all based on the skills he honed while serving in church.

Do not take the opportunity to be trained that the church gives you for granted. The church is almost like a “free” training school for your spirit and for your skills.

Many despise the trainings that the church could and would give because it does not always look like it. The place that should have become the fertile ground for their seed and the training ground for their greatness has been despised. They have trampled on opportunities.

There are people who are in full-blown media business today whose training ground was their local church.

The church teaches you leadership. You lead a team of five volunteers. You show people how to grow in the faith. You stir a team to achieve goals. That is leadership. You wake up early to attend a meeting. You get to church on time to set up equipment- that is self leadership.

The church is one of the finest training grounds (if not the finest). If you are in a church that prioritizes discipleship but would equally not joke with honing your skills, you are in a great place.

Every spiritual exercise has earthly relevance. If you are bold enough to evangelise, you can sell and market products and services also. If you can study the Word and spend time in prayer, you can dig into challenges and find answers.

I have friends today that the organizational skills they gained from being a part of various committees in campus fellowship is still part of what they use and deploy in their corporate spaces in other forms.

They budget and monitor the performance. They defend why their departments should get funds. They coordinate meetings. Church has what it takes to train you for life.

Sometimes, it will come in a package you do not like but watch closely and be sensitive. It can be your training ground for great things.

Apostle Paul told Timothy that the church shows people how things are done:

"but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth." I Timothy 3:15 NKJV

Stop despising your local church. Serve there. Your skills will unfold. You will surely fly.

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