But more likely you’ve been holding back. We think we are inadequate, so we just give up and live complacent lives. No one gave us permission, so we don’t do the things God called us to do. We miss getting to be part of this greater story. Can you imagine how ineffective Jesus’s ministry appeared to be, except when He did miracles? Most days He was just eating meals with sinners, telling people stories that didn’t totally make sense, and ticking off the influential religious people. Then He got killed, which really looks like a ministry fail! Yet God was up to something, and Jesus knew His
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