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by Jon Petersen
edited & adapted
by Joe Steinke
Informed by The Making of A Leader by Robert J Clinton
SOVEREIGN FOUNDATIONS
INNER LIFE GROWTH
MINISTRY MATURING PHASE
During the Ministry Maturing years there can be a sense of climbing the ministry ladder of success – seeking more anointing, more fruit, more influence, more numbers, more money, more ______________.
It needs to dawn on our hearts that Jesus is not preparing us for more ministry, but using ministry to prepare us for more of Himself.
The idol of ministry needs to be torn down. He will not suffer His kingdom to be claimed by eager hirelings seeking a name and place for themselves, so he will lead us to the desert to speak tenderly to us there, where we are stripped of all of our familiar comforts and our flattering companions. This is for our good and for our future well-being. So He can restore us as sons, as daughters, who have a true servant's heart, who claims no rights to anything but their life hidden in God in whom are all things, to whom are all things, and He gets the glory. Amen!
LIFE MATURING
Life Crisis - This is an inviation to graduate to your second half of life with a more mature and seasoned perspective on youself, your life and ministry. The disorientation from some familiar things and familiar ways of being are intentionally disrupted by the Father so He can do some of the following things in your life development:
In the long haul, God is preparing you for convergence by redeeming the “years of the locust.” He will grab you by the ankles, flip you up-side-down and shake everything out of your pockets that isn’t of him – in essence, He is conforming you to the image of Christ (Romans 8:28-29), and is discipling you into your gifts and destiny. No sacred cows survive! His goal is heart-broken, community-centered, Word-based, Spirit-filled leaders through whom the living Christ ministers, utilizing the leader's spiritual character and gifts to further His Kingdom. The main lesson here is that “Ministry flows out of being.”
CONVERGENCE
AFTERGLOW
This is the stage of life where you start to reduce your sphere of investments from wide to a more narrow engagement. It is characterized by: