Zeal without Burnout: Seven keys to a lifelong ministry of sustainable sacrifice

by Christopher Ash

rest is an exercise in trust.

Remember, there is only one Saviour of the world; and it’s not you, and it’s not me.

When our joy comes from our gifts and our success, we will always be under pressure. For we are only as good as the last sermon, the last youth talk, the last spiritual conversation, the last few months of Christian service, the last success.

It is a privilege to be used in ministry; but it is a much greater privilege to be recipients of grace.

Men forget that gifts without grace save no one’s soul, and are the characteristic of Satan himself. Grace, on the contrary, is an everlasting inheritance, and, lowly and despised as its possessor may be, will land him safe in glory.

“If I never preach another sermon, never lead another church meeting, never give another talk, never have another one-to-one spiritual conversation with anyone, never use my gifts ever again in ministry, my name is still written in heaven. And in that I will rejoice.”