"Your mess becomes your message."
That's a quote from my doctor at the integrative medical clinic I am at
in California this week. I think there's great truth in that, and it's
good news for all of us!
Jesus came to live in our messes with us. We
get to take those messes-whether physical, emotional or spiritual-and
use them for good.
We all know people who have gone through great
trials in life and it has become their message. Some of them are in our
fellowship! They speak powerfully to others out of what they have
experienced and how they have overcome. They are wounded healers. They
give testimony to the great works of the Lord in the midst of their
messes. Indeed, their mess has become their message... and their
ministry. It is their God story.
I see how the messes of my past
have certainly affected my current message. My whole message of "Up the
Down Staircase," came out of the pain of my divorce many years ago.
Whenever I go through trials I see a greater revelation of God's love,
grace and provision for me, and it goes directly to my heart. If I
listen I hear the gospel with fresh ears. It has not only become my
message, but my ministry.
It is all part of the redemption plan of the One who "...causes all things to work together for good to those who love God." Romans 8:28
And
now, today, I face another major "mess" in my life: a cancer diagnosis.
This experience is causing me to learn and grow in my faith in new
ways, and to listen to a new message of hope and healing. I believe it
will also become a new ministry.
Friends, God is all about redemption and that includes redeeming our messes. Once again, it's all about our God story: our messes become or message which becomes our ministry.
Hallelujah!
Greg
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