Doing what matters

Dear Pastor,

Thank you so much for doing what matters. In this life, there are things that are fun, annoying, distracting, temporary, difficult, rewarding and much more, but you and I both know that what you are doing really matters. You are investing in eternity. You are keeping your eyes on the unseen rather than the seen because what is unseen is eternal.

Week in and week out when you pray with people and teach them about the eternal, all-powerful, holy and only-wise God, you are inviting people to focus on what matters most. We know that this day will come to a close, the building we are currently worshiping in will one day cease to be, the books we are reading will one day be burned up, but the souls we are pointing to the Father are eternal souls who have an eternal destination in store for them after this life is over.

Let us remember (when the tediousness of church administration or the frustration of church politics or the hurt of church gossip and backbiting and complaining seems too much to take anymore) that the reason we are shepherding God’s flock is so that in the end, their souls may be holy and blameless before God. If they know Jesus and have received His salvation, the other stuff won’t matter.

This week, make sure to work on what matters most (the eternal!), and when the minutia or trouble of ministry seems overwhelming, hold to the fact that when it’s all said and done ministry done in the name of Jesus, for the glory of God and the salvation of souls, really does matter most!

Christ is with us, Christ is in us!

Mike Johnson