5. My job as a ministry wife is to serve people.
OK, yes, I serve people. But people are not whom I am ultimately serving.
Like #1 listed above, there is such a subtle difference between the two that I find this lie the easiest to believe. After all, ministry is about people, being with people and meeting the needs of people.
But if people are my primary motivation, if I look to them for cues of what I should be doing, how I should be doing it, or how well I am doing it, ministry easily becomes a chore and a losing game.
Ministry is about serving God, looking to Him for direction, for power to fulfill what He asks, and doing all of it to please Him. Serving people is a natural byproduct of serving God.
