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Celebrate like Patrick

by Cathy Irvin  
3/07/2011 / Devotionals

If you read the story of St. Patrick you will find that at the age of 16 he was kidnapped and taken to a land he did not know, Ireland. Now he could have been angry, despondent and eventually give in to defeat but Patrick did not do this in his circumstance. He became an over comer as he persevered in his trials and tribulations.

He was taken and told to tend the sheep and it was there that he prayed, he grew in his
Faith and he walked in Love. What do we do when we find ourselves in captivity? We can stay in it or choose the latter. Patrick went on to become a Bishop. While he was living in Ireland he taught about the trinity by using the 3 leaf clover.

The history about St.Patrick goes on to tell us that he did get away on a ship to return once again to his homeland but he was different now, he had found Christ in Ireland through his prayers and now he heard the voice of God to return to the very place of evil that he was held captive.

There is a lost and dying world wherever we are planted. Do we hear the call of their captivity? Can we enter that place of darkness from which we to were once enslaved? Can we hear the lost crying out for help?

We are not all called to be in the five fold ministry or to be a missionary to a foreign land but we are called to be witnesses and to evangelize one person at a time. The Lord puts people in our paths every day if we are looking or we can pray and ask Him to place someone in our sphere of influence.

I may like to wear green on St. Patrick's Day but more than that I want to know the history of why we celebrate different holidays. This man was a hero, he changed a nation. He lived out his faith. He had a message and like Patrick maybe we can tell his testimony to our family and friends and spark a new meaning in that holiday for them.

If we think about it, most of us would either be angry or depressed if we found ourselves in that situation of being kidnapped and never knowing if we would see our loved ones again. The fact that Patrick was a teenager when he was captured made it more amazing that he could have this attitude when later we find that he becomes free and leaves and yet desires to go back there to a people who made him a slave.

Obedience is better than sacrifice, the Bible says in 1 Samuel 15:22b. He heard the call and he knew these people were with out hope. Freedom in Christ means we can and should find our place of ministry and it should involve passing on the good news to someone whether it is our Youth or Adults.

St. Patrick actually ministered in Ireland for 29 years, baptized over 100, 000 people and built 300 churches. If we can get it in our mind that we can be a world changer to by ministering to a life to either bring them to the Lord or even disciple others to help them grow in their faith than we will also have a legacy to pass on to others.


So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Ephesians 4:11-13 (NIV) Five fold ministry
But Samuel replied: "Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
as much as in obeying the LORD? To obey is better than sacrifice,
and to heed is better than the fat of rams. 1 Samuel 15:22 (NIV)

Reference: Britannia: Sources of British History

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