Ministry Burden

Numbers 11:11
"So Moses said to the LORD, “Why have You afflicted Your servant? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid the burden of all these people on me?"

So often in ministry it is easy to get self-centered and myopic. The burden is great and the temptation even greater. Moses forgot about the great strength and provision of the Lord. Moses failed to understand how deeply God invested in these people, how thoroughly He bore their burden. If Moses felt the weight of ministry, God felt it infinitely more. These were not Moses' people, they were God's.
It's so easy to take ministry struggles personally and let them drag us down. However, being in the place of burden should encourage us and remind us of our favor with God to be entrusted with such a responsibility. We need to be reminded often that these are God's people, not ours. His arm is not too short and His calling not too tall. I have been chosen by God to be his tool to display His glory to the world and minister to His people. I am blessed to bear this burden.

God - may the weight of ministry drive me to faith, humility, obedience and Your glory. Amen.