How we can be supercars in serving Jesus
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Speed’s Way
After my seven laps in the Lamborghini at Exotics Racing, we pulled into the pits, and we debriefed, and I asked Megan about her favorite car at the track. Immediately she smiled, “The Porsche GT3.”
I asked why, and she replied, “It’s a driver’s car. I feel more at home in it.” That led me to research some of their differences.
The Lambo slightly edges the GT in top speed, 201 to 197. Honestly, that makes little difference. The Lambo has more power, a 5.2-liter mid-engine V-10 producing 550 horses. The GT3’s 3.8-liter rear-mounted flat six engine gives 472 horses. The power to weight ratio favors the Lambo, at .156 horses per pound; the GT3 is .144. But the GT3 wins on weight, just 3,270 lbs. to the Gallardo’s 3,520.
Those differences impact how the cars handle. The Gallardo’s “relentless pursuit of power” gives it the edge on the straights, but it can spin out if you accelerate too much too soon coming out of a turn. The GT3 corners like it’s on rails, one driver said you had to do something really stupid to cause the Porsche to spin out.
So, which is best? Personal choice. For me, on an oval track with banked turns, I’d take the Lambo, but on a road course, I’d slip the Porsche into gear.
God’s Way
Think of that as a metaphor for believers. This passage changed my understanding of following Jesus pray it may have a similar impact on you.
“11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, 12 for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ” (Ephesians 4:11-13 NKJV).
Let’s pull out some nuggets. In verse 11 Paul used “some” for each group of leaders—apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers. Clearly, not all followers are leaders. Then, Paul addressed the goal for the greater body of Christ in verse 13, that “we all” come to unity and fullness.
But we only get there by following the process of leaders equipping the saints to minister. And since we all differ in our spiritual gifts, hearts, personalities, and experiences, that changes how we minister. We have a job in the kingdom: to impact others spiritually in a positive manner. We all do that differently.
Gallardos and GT3s differ as supercars, as do followers of Jesus. Our super servant status flows being in the race and crossing our finish line: reaching the fullness of Christ.
Crossing the Finish Line
Have you ever considered yourself as a supercar of faith? Do you see how simple it is to be one? How can you up your game in the race of ministering for Jesus?