Be the Bridge

       

  

       There is a story I read a while back about a bridge disaster. A ship passing under the bridge hit part of the supporting structure, causing a portion of the bridge to collapse. Several drivers, who were unaware of this accident, continued to travel along the bridge. Because of poor weather conditions, they did not see that it had collapsed in front of them. Several of vehicles drove off the edge, plummeting to their deaths. I’m sure the drivers and passengers didn’t think twice about the conditions of the bridge as they drove that day. I’m sure they took the bridge for granted as they drove over it day after day.

       

      It is usually not until something serious and tragic happens that we think of how important something like a bridge is. You, as a children’s minister, are the bridge between the children you serve and Jesus Christ. If you are not there to help lead, carry and direct the children toward Jesus, they will plummet into this world and all of the mess and trouble the devil has planned for them. It is time to be the bridge. It’s time to bridge the gap.

    

    Someone must be willing to step up and be the bridge between our kids and Jesus. Ezek 22:30-And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. God is looking for someone to bridge the gap. Maybe your church is looking for someone to bridge the gap in the 4 & 5 year Sunday school class? Let your response be like Isaiah’s,  “ Here am I, send me!” Maybe your pastor has been looking for someone to bridge the gap in Children’s Church. “Here am I, send me!” Whatever the gap might currently be in the Children’s Department, let your response be, “Here am I, send me!”

Sometimes it might feel like a thankless job and that, just like a bridge, you are getting walked all over. It’s ok, that’s what you are there for! To be the bridge and to bridge the gap. To connect the students in your church to Jesus. Gal 6:9 says,  “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”  KJV

Maybe you’re not seeing a lot of results right now and have bee feeling like disconnecting. Don't give up, don't pull away. Kid ministry is important. What you are doing to serve the children and families of your church matters. What would we do without the bridge?  Keep at it and you will see results!