For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? Mark 8:36 (ESV)
I stood behind one more servers table, peering into the eyes of a woman I d never met. But I knew our experience would forever change my effectiveness in ministry. It s not a proud moment when you discover, after many years of Christian service, you really weren t serving in the name of Jesus.
Up until a few days before that fateful night, I thought I was ministering the Gospel by merely serving people s physical needs. Then God began asking me if I was just hiding behind the soup ladle, or was I truly giving those I served the full measure of what I had been given?