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TWO CHOICES
When we confront discouragement, we have two choices—either to turn to intercession or to turn to hopelessness. And each path will lay a set of consequences. From experience, hopelessness tends to be the default mode for me. In other words, it takes more energy, discipline and intentionality to choose to intercede for a situation or person, rather than to be hopeless about it.
And though it would be easier if we only had to face the decision once, the reality is that we are constantly confronted by the issues associated with the realities of our world. We may choose to intercede and gain the proper authority from God to minister within that reality, only to be discouraged again.
The continued and regular process of discouragement may over time thwart us from intercession to hopelessness. At the moment we open the door to hopelessness, we are inviting defeat and death into our lives. Success as a minister is not just defined by fruit (though fruit in ministry should give us some sense of direction). Success as a minister must also be defined by our resilience to suffer well (in light of discouragement), to turn to God for our identity and authority, and persevere as we re-engage the mission field.
Once a leader or minister turns to hopelessness, he or she has opened the door for defeat and failure in his or her ministry.
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