Only a spiritual vitality anchored in Jesus Christ can result in an effective and lasting ministry

To carry out a ministry of excellence and effectiveness requires spiritual vitality. The minister, the servant of God, serves on the basis of the abundance of spiritual energy and the presence of the Holy Spirit in him or her. We even serve the excess, I believe, of spiritual energy in us. To successfully meet the challenges of ministry, we will need a robust and superabundant spirituality.

There is an energy that we need for our own consumption, to simply process the events, challenges and needs of everyday life. Like the wise virgins, we need oil for our own lamp, but we also need it to share with those we serve.

From that excess that God gives us through closeness and intimacy with the Spirit, from that “remain in me and I in you” of which Jesus Christ speaks, then arises an excess of anointing and vitality that we share with others, and with which we infect those we serve.

I have always thought that the ministry is given more by contagion and impartation of life than by intellectual, academic explanation or teaching. So a vital spirituality is required, a being anchored in Jesus, rooted in Christ, linked in the word, a continuous, disciplined devotional life, which then results in an effervescence, a vitality of the spirit that allows us to touch others, impact others. others, inspire others, infect others, bless others. That vital spirituality is essential.

One may minister for a long time based solely on human knowledge or skills, but sooner or later, since it is not about the life of Jesus manifesting in and through us, spiritual drought and barrenness will arise, and there will usually be loss and destruction as well. .

So it is very important that the servant of God, the servant of God, always seek a very high level of spiritual vitality. And when we feel dry or tired or burned, it is time to go back to drinking the waters of the Spirit.