This shift in mindset has changed my understanding of ministry from the building of a career to the continual embrace of my calling. This has made a major difference in my posture as a pastor. There are, of course, moments when I digress into grasping for control. There are moments when I want “real power,” and I begin plotting how I can get it. (It’s amazing how easy it is to equate worldly power with “real power” in my heart.) The way from below is always wooing us, and our hearts are never fully immune to its seduction. When I am tempted by the way from below, the only solution is to abide
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