From Hopscotch to Holiness

80 From Hopscotch To HolinessHopscotch RulesContinue the game of hopscotch: When you are “out”, you thenplace your marker in the square where you will resume playingand the next player begins.SUPERNATURAL: unnatural, unearthly, not of the natural world –relating to or attributed to phenomena that cannot be explained bynatural law; relating to deity.MINISTRY: office; work of religious minister; period of service.Hopscotch teaches us to take turns. Many children can play the gametogether, but when there are multiple players you often have to wait along time while others take their turns. In addition, nobody can jumpinto a square with a marker already in it. Sometimes that means youhave to jump a long distance over more than one square. As a child,my imagination often came into play as I was waiting for my turn inhopscotch. I remember thinking I wish I had super powers to help mejump further. That was just wishful thinking. However, I now believethat we need “super powers” to daily live a victorious Christian life andminister in power. Christ is our provision; he has all the power we need.Beloved, we really do have super powers available to us through the HolySpirit that lives within us and ministers through us. In this chapter we’refocusing on growing in supernatural ministry. As we grow up into Christ,more and more we take on the character and nature of God. We willlook like Christ, act like Christ, react like Christ and we will do the thingsJesus did. God has ordained each of us to be equipped for ministry in hisname. Scripture clearly shows that Jesus did miracles, signs and wonders