What happens when God answers your prayers for growth — and growth creates problems?

In this message from SWAT: Spiritual Warfare and Tactics, Pastor Dan continues through Acts 6:1–7, where the early church is rapidly growing and suddenly faces a serious problem: some widows are being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

Instead of allowing the problem to divide the church or expecting a few leaders to solve everything, the apostles bring the entire church into the solution. Spirit-filled, wise people are identified, responsibility is entrusted to them, and ministry moves forward.

Pastor Dan challenges us to understand that growth exposes problems that need solutions. Reaching more people means welcoming people with different backgrounds, experiences, struggles, and levels of spiritual maturity. Growth can get messy — but that does not mean we stop growing. It means more of us have to take ownership. The church was never designed to be a small group of exhausted people doing ministry while everyone else watches. God has filled His people with the Holy Spirit, given them gifts, and called them to participate in building His church.

When responsibility was shared and people stepped into their part, “the Word of God spread” and the number of disciples increased rapidly.

So instead of only asking, “What’s wrong?” maybe the better question is:

God, how can I be part of the solution?

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