At a particular point in time, God gives a preacher the option of choosing between ministry growth and growth in the Word of God. He has to select one of the options.
Many ministers are deceived by Satan into believing that they need to expand their ministry in order to reach a larger number of people with the Gospel. If the preacher selects the path of ministry expansion, a preacher gradually loses the ability to grow in the Word of God and starts preaching based on past experience.
It is a sin before God if a preacher preaches a sermon that is not in accordance with God’s season and God’s will. Once the ministry expands the growth in the Word of God diminishes and eventually the ministry becomes stale.
If the preacher selects the Word of God as his or her way, God shapes the ministry slowly but richly in the Word of God, allowing the Word of God to mould it.
When you choose to follow the way of the Word of God, the Word of God will expand your ministry by raising new preachers, preaching a whole Gospel, and living a no-compromise lifestyle. When you chose the path of Ministry, the expansion of ministry will be superficial growth with lot of compromises of Biblical principles and values.
Allow God’s word to shape your ministry rather than your ministry expanding to make room for God’s word.