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Wait! Who Is The Boss Here?


It doesn’t matter if we’re brand new Christians anxious to start serving God, or we have been serving Him for years and years, there are times when in our zeal to serve we get tired of waiting for God. We get so anxious to start that new building, change our worship style, or reach new people for Christ we impetuously start without God’s okay.

Without God’s timing and His resources we surely will hit some major pot holes down the road. We should understand God is under no obligation to finance or equip our plan if it doesn’t line up with His plan. Sorry, that’s just the way it is!

Another way we can run into difficulties in serving God is allowing our pride to get in the way. In Scripture: (Proverbs 29:23) it says; “A man’s pride will bring him low, but the humble in spirit will retain honor.”  Pride has gotten in the way of so many good ministries. Pride causes us to determine to have things go our way instead of the way God wants them to go. Pride is something Satan uses to disrupt and destroy the good in God’s plan by making us think it’s all about us! In (1 John 2:16) His Word says, “The pride of life – is not of the Father but is of the world.”  Pride makes our service to God about us not Him.

Those who are leaders in the faith have an obligation to be about God’s work, not their own. The Bible refers to leaders as “overseers” and lays out some important qualifications for overseers. One Scripture that speaks to this is; (1 Timothy 3:1) “This is a faithful saying: ‘If a man desires the position of a bishop, he desires a good work.’” The Bible goes on to describe the bishop as one who is blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, and able to teach. Overseers recognize God uses many different people in accomplishing His work. Each one of us contributes an important part in God’s overall plan. The “body of Christ” is made up of hands, feet, eyes and ears, and all are important. Effective overseers work with the whole body and never allow pride to affect God’s work.

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