[blindchristian] The Lord's Servants, November 8, 2015

From: "Victoria E Gilkerson" <vegilkerson@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <blindchristian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "'Jack Gaugler'" <revjack60@xxxxxxxxx>, <rr3060@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 04:51:08 -0600

Are we serving others for Christ's sake, or for our own self-seeking agenda?
Do we continually seek the power and wisdom of His indwelling life?

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The Lord's Servants

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Those who have served well gain an excellent standing and great assurance in
their faith in Christ Jesus (1 Timothy 3:13).

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Here Paul explains the function of the deacon, and two things will result
when the service of a deacon is done correctly. First, it will create a
great sense of appreciation on the part of the congregation--deacons will
have excellent standing for themselves. Their own ministry will be widely
received and appreciated. We ought to be careful to be aware of all those
who are serving a congregation, and, every now and then, there ought to be
some way of recognizing them. It is right that we should give thanks and not
take for granted those who so diligently and faithfully serve week after
week. They are not being paid, and they are not hired to do this work; they
are volunteering it in the name of Christ. That should earn for them a great
sense of appreciation on the part of the congregation.

But the second thing Paul says is most interesting. He says that deacons
earn for themselves great assurance in their faith in Christ. The word is
really boldness. When you serve the Lord with all your heart in whatever
ministry He gives you, especially if it is on behalf of the whole
congregation, you develop a wonderful sense of God at work with you helping
you solve problems, and this creates a deep sense of boldness.

I have a remarkable paper that was given to me by a deacon who works in one
of the major industries. This man said that he began to realize that since
Jesus was Lord of his life, he was not only Lord at church and in his
Christian relationships, but he was Lord of his life at his job and could
work through him at his assigned tasks just as freely and abundantly as He
did in any church-related matter. So he began to lean on the Lord at work,
expecting God to help him think of insights and aspects of his work that
others, perhaps, would not see. He found it was true that the Lord did help
him to see things others did not see. He found that he had, in a sense, an
edge on the others because the Lord of glory was enlightening his mind and
heart to see things about his work that others would pass by.

That is all outstanding testimony to what Paul is saying. When you serve the
Lord in any capacity, you gain from God; and it is promised here that those
who serve as deacons in the congregation will gain great boldness in the
faith. What a wonderful promise, and how adequately and fully it is
confirmed by this testimony!

Thank You, Father for the practical quality of Your Word. Teach me to be a
faithful servant and to depend upon You in all things, reckoning upon Your
wisdom imparted to me.

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Life Application

Are we serving others for Christ's sake, or for our own self-seeking agenda?
Do we continually seek the power and wisdom of His indwelling life?

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