Serving produces organizational stability.
Who are you serving? The answer to that question changes everything.
“But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.” Josh 24:15 (NIV)
Once you decide to serve the Lord, your life becomes intentional. You begin to live on purpose. In serving Jesus, you are drawn to connect with His family. Jesus is in charge!
- “And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.” Eph 1:22-23 (NIV)
- “From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.” Eph 4:16 (NIV)
Stability flows from the Head, Jesus, down to the members of His Body, the church. The church is connected and held together by every supporting member. The design is for the church to grow and build itself up as each member does his or her part. Serving together as a team produces organizational stability.
The local church is an organism that God grows as we serve. Stability is the byproduct of a church family serving together in unity. Unity produces stability.
Does that describe the church you are connected to? Are you soaking or serving? Are you a spectator or a participator? Are you a consumer or a contributor?
Pursuing God,
Stephen Trammell
Pastor of Leadership and Pastoral Care
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Who’s job is it to be fed as a person “growing in Christ?” The pastors’s? The Sunday School teacher’s? The Minister of Music’s choice of music? Or is it OUR job to feed ourselves with the Word of God.
What is the purpose to GO to church? I know these are some simple questions, but sometimes the reasoning and purpose gets lost in our complicated lives.
We are to Rest, and Reflect on God’s blessings of the week, pray for the needy, reach others through the church, and PRAISE THE ALMIGHTY FATHER WHO MAKES ALL THINGS POSSIBLE! That’s the reason I GO to church. Why do you go? Are you thinking you are a part of a social club?
Again, are you SOAKING or SERVING? Are you a SPECTATOR or a PARTICIPATOR?
I had the wonderfull opportunity to serve in a country in the Cental Asia this summer. One person who was asking questions about God’s word asked me a question I have NEVER heard. She asked, “Why is it when I read “words’ from the newspaper, a magazine, or just a greeting card, they do not make me feel the same as the words from the Bible?”
What a WONDERFUL question and an open door to witness. God’s word is inspired by Himself. Get INTO it! Read it! Memorize it! and use it for your FOOD! Be filled with His Word!
Sincerely saved and singing His praises because of it,
Rhonda Wascom
Baton Rouge, LA