Hebrews 5:6
So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him:
“You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.”
6 As He also says in another place:
“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek”;
7 who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear, 8 though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. 9 And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, 10 called by God as High Priest “according to the order of Melchizedek,” 11 of whom we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.
The Father appointed You as His begotten Son, to be a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek. Though You were a Son, yet You learned obedience by what You suffered, and was perfected, becoming the author of eternal salvation.
Just as You are a priest, so I am a priest. I cannot live like others. I have to live a godly and God-fearing life. And I have to learn obedience through suffering.
Dictionary Meaning:
a person ordained to the sacerdotal or pastoral office
I see a pastor(priest) ministering in church.
She ministered because she had something to deliver to them.
I only deliver when I have something to deliver. If You don’t give me anything, I have no right to stand there to say anything. But if You call me to stand up and say something, You have something to say, and You will deliver that to me when the right time comes. (Before I go up, hopefully. If You only give me a Word when I am already on the platform, then I would be very nervous.)
When she ministered, the people got it.
How I minister is not important, as long as the people get it. I can shout my heart out, and have all my saliva come out, as long as the people get it. That’s what counts. There is no point in delivering something that doesn’t get delivered. Saying is not good enough. They need to get it. I need to get those points across or I am just wasting my time. What I have been doing delivering the Word is obedience, but I did not do well in that it did not resonate with the people. They didn’t get it. It makes no sense to them. Even if it did, they’ve forgotten about it. I need to say it in another way that they can get it. So it is fine if I preach the same thing again because they did not get it the first time. Sure, I may look like a fool preaching the exact same thing, but that is because I did not do a good job the first time, and they didn’t get it. And it was wasted. But Your Word needs to be delivered, even if I have to redeliver.
She ministered to whoever needed it.
I don’t just say for the sake of saying. These people need it. And if they did not get it, I have to say it until they get it because they really need it and can’t go without it. If I leave them be and let them go without it, they will suffer the consequences and it will be my fault, not theirs, because I did not want to redeliver, because I did not want to make a fool of myself for redelivering the same message twice to the same group of people.
She ministered when she could not hold it back
Fire is not nice to hold. It burns. I have to let it out or it is going to just keep burning. And it will come to a point where I cannot keep it in anymore. I will just end up blasting it out. Which is just about to happen anytime.
She was someone ordained
To be ordained is more than just being anointed. It is to be charged with a responsibility. And it is a heavy one because it is a high calling, and represents a superior ministry that not many are chosen to do because it has very steep requirements, such as living a holy life. Not everybody wants to be ordained. I see it as an honor. Some people see it as a scary thought. But to me, it can only be a good thing. And I am glad that I am ordained because it’s been on my bucket list for so long. It’s like an ambition, a dream.
But all that ordination is not for nothing. You have plans. And You have a Word to be delivered. It’s time to wake up from my dreamworld and start getting the job done. The ceremony is over. Now it’s time to get my knees dirty and the bucket ready. Lots of smelly feet to wash here. Lots of things to do that nobody else wishes to do. Lots of toilets to wash. It’s no fame or glory. Just a lot of scrubbing and cleaning. A lot of dirt and filth, mirky waters and saltiness. It's not a nice thing to do. But I have to do it everyday. And do it continuously. And do it everyday. It is not as monotonous and draggy as it is humbling and trying. A lot of things to get done that nobody wants to do. Pretty similar to being a housewife or stay home mom. Cleaning up the house and washing off poo. That’s pretty much it. And yet, so rewarding because amazing kids are being put in my charge. And I get to raise up the next generation to be everything You have called them to be. I get to shape the world just by washing poo off. It’s amazing, isn’t it? An exemplary life is all that's needed to get the job done.
* tRUST & OBey the LORD *
