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Too many people leave ministry — like healing, casting out demons, service, encouragement — to the “big shots” in the church. Christians often compare what they have seen in their life so far, with what those ministers are seeing in their life, so they disqualify themselves from ministering in certain capacities. This may not be a conscious decision, but when you look at someone else ministering by the Spirit and are only thinking about your flesh, you slip into disqualifying yourself.

The truth is if you’re doubting your own ability to minister… Good. You can’t minister to anyone, but God doesn’t need you to minister to anyone yourself. In fact, the “big shots” can’t minister to anyone either. Whenever you doubt your own ability to minister, don’t try to exalt yourself by esteeming your fleshly ability. Embrace the fact that you can’t minister to anyone in your flesh, because that’s why you have the Holy Spirit inside of you. That’s why He gave new birth to your spirit inside of you. You are able with Him. It’s the Holy Spirit in you that qualifies you to minister.

Romans 15:14 (NKJV) Now I myself am confident concerning you, my brethren, that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

The goodness and knowledge that he is referring to here is the goodness and knowledge of the Lord in you. It’s because of that goodness and knowledge that you are able – I repeat, ” able” — to minister to others.

Therefore, when you disqualify yourself and can’t see yourself ministering to other people effectively, it’s not your own ability that you’re doubting. That would be fine. It’s the goodness and knowledge of God that you’re doubting. This was never about your ability. It has always been about the goodness and knowledge of God inside of you.

You think you can’t articulate the word of God to minister to someone else? That’s not modesty. You’re not doubting your own ability. You are doubting the articulation of God. It’s His word that lives in you. It’s His Spirit that lives in your tongue.

You just can’t see yourself laying hands on the sick and seeing them instantaneously healed? That’s not humility. You’re doubting the healing power of God inside of you and His boldness to stretch forth your hand and see people healed. It’s His Spirit that lives in your hand.

And wait, here’s a big one: When you can’t see yourself having the faith that someone else has, that is also doubting the ability of God. Faith is belief. And whose mind do you have in you (2 Corinthians 2:16)? Whose thoughts and ways do you have in you? With your own fleshly ability, you couldn’t even approach faith. But this has never been about your mental capacity. Faith is you receiving His word, from His mind. So, you can’t have “big” faith? Whose mind are you really doubting?

This isn’t about you. I say this in love, but you need to stop doubting God. It’s His goodness and knowledge that you are full of.

I could go on with examples, but I think you understand what I’m saying. Once you have the goodness of God on the inside of you, if you ever disqualify yourself from being an effective minister, it’s His goodness and ability that you’re doubting. 

You forfeited your ability a long time ago when you received the Lord’s ability. If you feel anything less than qualified as a capable minister of God, it’s His goodness and ability that you’re doubting.

Doubt your fleshly ability all day. That’s good. But you’re not of the flesh anymore. You’re of the Spirit, and therefore a capable minister through Him.

2 Corinthians 3:5-6 (NKJV) Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

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