Sick Man Healing the World

So I'm currently in a van on the way to San Francisco for our mission trip this year.  Then it finally hit me.  Here I am with a group of folks whose goal is simply to go and heal the world, but what if I'm the one that first needs healing in my life.  What if sometimes we become so focused on healing others, that we don't ask God to first heal our own hearts.   

Here I am going to the other side of the world, sermons in my laptop, and health principles on lock, but real talk, I first need Jesus to be changing my heart on the daily.  How can I plead to others about the goodness of Jesus, yet I may miss out on experiencing it in the morning for myself.  It seems so easy to fall in love with ministering the gospel message, yet harder to fall in love with the gospel message in and of itself.  I find myself with a little too much confidence in myself, talked about this, done that.  But when you get to that point, we forget that we in and of ourselves don't really anything to offer.  Fall in love with gospel and then the ministering of it.  

I realize that I've preached sermons, and done health lectures here and there, but my need for Jesus is as great as it was on day one.  So my appeal is simple, dear reader/homie, if you find yourself going out and saving souls, praise the Lord!  But make sure to ask God to first help you to fall in love with Him and the gospel message in and of itself.  We can only heal others as Christ heals us.  Be found in his feet, and then go and help others as He changes you day by day.

And he saith unto them, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.  Matthew 4:19

Notice He first bids us to follow Him, and then He'll make you a fisher of men!