Prophets of a future not our own
I’ve posted the following before, but I read it again today and felt that it bares repeating! For the whole thing you can look at this post, but the salient points are:
It helps now and then to step back
and take the long view.
The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts,
it is even beyond our vision.
We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction
of the magnificent enterprise that is God’s work.We may never see the end results,
but that is the difference between
the master builder and the worker.
We are workers, not master builders,
ministers, not messiahs.
We are prophets of a future not our own.
This are the wise words of Archbishop Oscar Romero, a 20th century martyr! Sometimes we need to remember that whatever our thoughts and plans are, we are workers seeking to do the Master’s will!
We live in a world that expects immediate results to our work and in reality some of the seeds we sow today may sit dormant for years. Instant results may not be seen, but this doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t do the work. After all the architect of the universe is the one who has put together and only He sees the whole blueprint. We simply need to be faithful in the part that He calls us to, whether or not we see any results.