Leading Others Wisely
Greetings in the name of our Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ!
Sometimes it isn't what we say that influences or challenges others, it's the way we say it.
Likewise, the way we lead people can either draw people into following our lead, or it can cause them to back away. A lot depends on whether we do enough to persuade rather than insist too much that others do what we think they should do.
Each of us, as Christians, must walk a fine line between whether we want to lead or to demand.
While the word of God is perfect and without error we, who serve, are imperfect and prone to making mistakes.
The apostle Paul knew from where he came, knew where he was headed, and also knew his limitations.
Quite wisely, Paul wrote this in his letter to the church at Corinth.
1st Corinthians 4:1-2, reads thus: "Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful."
What Paul was telling the church was that our tasks as servants of Christ are to simply share the gospel of Christ to the best of our abilities and be faithful over the things that God called us to do.
God has, at His command, other people to pick up where our efforts leave off.
When we can't do it, for whatever reason, we can be sure God has someone on call.
Paul urged Titus to honor God in all that he said and did. Paul said that the servant of God must hold himself to a higher standard of moral character and integrity, and to simply avoid getting caught up in those things that cause harm to the gospel of Christ.
Titus 1:7-8, offers this truth: "For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate."
Paul's counsel to each of us is, again, simply do what God has called us to do what He has led us to do and not try to do it all.
The key verse is that we love others as Jesus did and to take serving others seriously.
We are then encouraged to be fair and impartial, to strive to live holy lives and to find a balance in all that we say and do.
Matthew Henry says that Paul's message to you and me is to remember that we are servants, not masters; and we are stewards rather than lords.
We are called to meet the needs of the hurting, the hopeless, the helpless and the innocent.
We minister, as Jesus did, up close and personally.
We should keep in our minds the fact that God does not need us as much as we need Him.
Brother Aaron
Greetings in the name of our Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ!
Sometimes it isn't what we say that influences or challenges others, it's the way we say it.
Likewise, the way we lead people can either draw people into following our lead, or it can cause them to back away. A lot depends on whether we do enough to persuade rather than insist too much that others do what we think they should do.
Each of us, as Christians, must walk a fine line between whether we want to lead or to demand.
While the word of God is perfect and without error we, who serve, are imperfect and prone to making mistakes.
The apostle Paul knew from where he came, knew where he was headed, and also knew his limitations.
Quite wisely, Paul wrote this in his letter to the church at Corinth.
1st Corinthians 4:1-2, reads thus: "Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful."
What Paul was telling the church was that our tasks as servants of Christ are to simply share the gospel of Christ to the best of our abilities and be faithful over the things that God called us to do.
God has, at His command, other people to pick up where our efforts leave off.
When we can't do it, for whatever reason, we can be sure God has someone on call.
Paul urged Titus to honor God in all that he said and did. Paul said that the servant of God must hold himself to a higher standard of moral character and integrity, and to simply avoid getting caught up in those things that cause harm to the gospel of Christ.
Titus 1:7-8, offers this truth: "For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate."
Paul's counsel to each of us is, again, simply do what God has called us to do what He has led us to do and not try to do it all.
The key verse is that we love others as Jesus did and to take serving others seriously.
We are then encouraged to be fair and impartial, to strive to live holy lives and to find a balance in all that we say and do.
Matthew Henry says that Paul's message to you and me is to remember that we are servants, not masters; and we are stewards rather than lords.
We are called to meet the needs of the hurting, the hopeless, the helpless and the innocent.
We minister, as Jesus did, up close and personally.
We should keep in our minds the fact that God does not need us as much as we need Him.
Brother Aaron
