Good Morning Friends,
“Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who
work hard among you, who are over you in the Lord and who admonish you. Hold
them in the highest regard in love because of their work.” (1 Thessalonians
5:12-13)
All of us have pastors, elders and/or deacons,
Sunday School teachers, Bible study leaders, or others who contribute to our
spiritual health and growth. The people that I know who fit into those
categories work hard. The majority of the ones I know do it without pay,
because they are committed to the Lord and His people and are being obedient to
what they believe God is asking them to do.
They put in long hours, studying the Bible to
prepare to teach, attending meetings to discuss how the church can best serve
and how people can best be helped, and talking with people about the Lord and
about their problems. They don’t do it for all of the acclaim they get -- most
get very little. They don’t do it because they are bored -- the hardest working
folks in God’s kingdom seem to be the ones who are busiest with other things,
too.
They take away from their own free time. They
take away from their family time. Sometimes they even take away from their work
time.
Almost all of the ones I know who fit into the
category of leaders in God’s kingdom do a pretty good job of it. Oh, they make
mistakes, but their motives are right and they take their responsibilities
seriously.
The most significant things you have that you
can give the spiritual leaders around you are your respect and your love. No
other reward that you can give will mean more to them or keep them more
motivated to keep going.
His, by Grace, Steve
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