Perpetual growth

A person, an excellent minister, is in a continuous state of development. He is always aware that the ministry journey is a long career that requires persistence in the pursuit of excellence. He knows there is always something new to learn, a character trait to improve, a new reading to do, a new skill to add. It is a person who is in a perpetual state of growth, in a continuous state of self-improvement and improvement of his performance in Christian service.

When I say that, I see in my mind an arrow perpetually traveling in the sky towards a target that cannot be seen from as far away as it is, and the arrow will never hit its target. This is how the servant must be, the servant of God, always growing, always developing, always looking for a higher level of development, be it at the level of personal mastery and character development, overcoming defects, growth of ministerial knowledge, relationships with his parishioners, with his colleagues, children, family, etc.

In other words, it is a continuous search for improvement, for personal improvement, to become more and more like Jesus Christ and never to think, "I'm here." In everything that defines excellence, the servant of God, the servant of God, is always looking for how she can improve, how she can take a bit more from that marble statue that is being built and perfected, how she can lead it to reflect more and more. the precise configuration of Jesus Christ, who is the model par excellence.

I enthusiastically subscribe to the words of the Apostle Paul: “Brethren, I myself do not claim to have already achieved it; but one thing I do: forgetting certainly what is behind, and reaching out to what is ahead, I press on to the goal, to the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus ”(Philippians 3:13 and 14).

Whether in full-time ministry, or in any area of our service to the Lord, let us embrace an ethic of perpetual improvement. If we propose to live the Christian life in this way, God will never tire of intervening on our behalf and sending his spiritual nutrients upon us, so that we may become extraordinary servants who reflect the excellence of his heavenly Father.

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