What Compels us?

 2 Corinthians 3-6 

“Since then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men…For Christ’s love compels us…We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us...”

2 Corinthians 5:11, 14, 20

Paul’s encounter with the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ totally transformed his life. Jesus called and commissioned Paul to live and share his gospel to the nations, regardless of the cost. Paul fell to the ground, blinded by the glory of Christ. His fear of the Lord was not theological, it was visceral! In the subsequent vision Paul received, he experienced the grace and mercy of Christ through the infilling love of the Holy Spirit. This mixture of the fear of the Lord and an awareness that everyone would one day stand before Christ’s throne and be accountable for how they responded to his gospel, combined with the compelling love of Christ for all people, motivated Paul to live as Christ’s ambassador.

What motivates us in life?

What motivates us in ministry?

Have we met Christ, and are we clearly called to serve in his kingdom; or have we volunteered and increasingly forgotten why?

“Lord Jesus, you are my motivation. All I have and do comes from you, for your glory.”