Re:Verse passage – 2 Peter 1:12-15 (day seven)
And I will also be diligent that at any time after my departure you will be able to call these things to mind. vs 15
In modern baseball there is an advanced metric that is being used to grade individual player’s success: WAR- Wins Above Replacement. This metric is gauged by a player’s success compared to a replacement level player in the same position. Essentially, you want other players to not succeed so that you have a higher WAR score. You want your team to realize that you are irreplaceable. You don’t want the person backing you up to take your place.
This is how I have lived most of my life. I have wanted those around me to be so dependent on me that they would see me as irreplaceable. It started with sports, but that mentality carried over to other areas, including my profession… which is ministry. Why would I want my ministry to fail if I departed?
The answer is in the question. It isn’t my ministry, it is God’s. I am not playing a game for individual success. I am a part of a much bigger team that God is using to reach this generation. My job is to work myself out of a job. I should be investing and discipling in such a way that my departure does not bring about a cessation of progress. Rather, when I depart, ministry should continue to flourish because I discipled well.
What about you? Are you living in such a way that your legacy will continue to be carried on when you are gone, or are you living to not be replaced?
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