Roles

1 Peter 4:10 (NET) - Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

Every church loves to have visitors.

My church is certainly no exception,

Returning visitors are a special blessing.

I was doing my very best to welcome a returning visitor.

One of his questions took me by surprise.

“What is your role in the church?”

There really is no easy answer to this question.

Just like many people who attend church, I have taken on a number of roles over the years.

God blesses each of us with different talents.

He has also gives us different passions for service.

We each utilize our particular combinations of gifts and passions to fill a number of roles.

This is how the work of the church gets done.

I wish the world outside the church would adopt a similar attitude.

Often in the secular world have I have asked for assistance.

How disappointed I am when the response I receive is: “That’s not my job.”

In most cases, people in the church are happy to help out.

If unable to help, they can usually direct you to someone who can.

None of us can do everything.

Each of us is capable of doing some things.

Working together and combining our abilities is how the work of the church gets done.

This also helps us in another way.

We strengthen our existing skills and might even learn new ones.

That is how we grow as a Christians.

God blesses us.

Motivated by love, we then serve both God and others.

Hebrews 6:10-12 (NET) - For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints. But we passionately want each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of your hope until the end, so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.

Blessings,

Jim Pokorny

The Other Brother Jim

Look for me at http://faithfulfeetteam.blogspot.com/ on Friday, August 18, 2017.

I will be back here on Friday, August 25, 2017