I Sin and I’m Good at It… Am I Fit for Ministry?

I sin and I’m good at it.  Sometimes, like Paul, “…I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.” (Romans 7:15) And when I do Satan sprints to my location and does a nosedive into my heart. For a time he resides there declaring over and again that I am not fit to serve Jesus.

 

There was a time when determining whose voice I was hearing was perplexing. Was I hearing from God or was the voice that of Satan? If it were God I should listen and exit the ministry. If it was Satan, I must ignore him because he is after all, “a liar” (John 8:44) and “deceiver” (Revelation 12:9) and “there is no truth in him.” (John 8:44)

 

I journeyed into God’s Word and it was there that I found out whose voice I was hearing. Looking at the list of leaders God used, I realized He’s been using people who are good at sin very well for a long, long time. God seems to have a penchant for asking liars and cheats and adulterers and murderers to do His important work. And most of them were used greatly even after their sin had been realized.

 

Here’s what I’ve learned over the years… 1) I long and strive not to sin. 2) I am a sinner so I will sin. 3) Satan’s lies will enter my mind. 4) If I come to Jesus repentant and accepting His grace, the voice of Satan is silenced.