Tuesday, May 8, 2012
1 Timothy 5 & 6
The instructions of chapters 5&6 serve as a reminder that being in the body of Christ is not all about getting your needs met, but that there is a tremendous reciprocal relationship among us all. Young are to respect elders. Elders are to be involved and doing what they can. Families are to care for their own, and help should be given to those in need but not to those who won't work. Leaders are worthy of honor because of their great responsibility, so the mantle of leadership should not be bestowed too quickly, lest it go to the leader's head. Respecting leadership isn't something to honor the leader. When we respect leadership, we honor God. But this honor is not blind. We have a responsibility to discern if the leader is teaching correctly or going off on his own hobby horse. See how it all works together? It just makes so much sense. We really are a body; a family with each member doing his part and God getting the glory. Now if we can just do it.
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It truly is a balancing act and one that is not always easy to handle. Growing up, I attended a church where most of the members were older and had been Christians for a long time. I was one of a handful of teenagers trying to find their place in this church and the world in general. There were times when my friends and I were truly seeking our way to serve, but we weren't always successful. In those times, I remember well the other members of the church who stood along side us and helped us find our way. It wasn't always the way we thought it should be, and it sometimes wasn't the way they thought it should be. But somehow it always ended up being exactly what God was expecting. Some of those folks are still people that I'm in contact with today, and the ones that I try to emulate as I'm now in a role of mom.
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