I was reading Matthew recently and in chapter 20 Jesus tells the disciples he is going to die - this bombshell seems to be completely missed by the disciples . Why? Because they are absorbed with their concern about who will be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. So Jesus tells them the one who wants to be the greatest in God’s kingdom must be the servant of all.
‘This, however, is not the way it shall be among you. If one of you wants to be great , he must be the servant of the rest;…’
Paul in his first letter to the Corinthians chapter 12 says the church is like a body ,one unit with many parts, each part necessary for the whole to work.
Our church has many parts/people :- vicar, church wardens, church council, ministry team, musicians, flower arrangers, pastoral visitors, homegroup leaders, children's group leaders etc. All necessary and important to the life of the church, lets be careful, that like the disciples, we don’t miss the important point of what the church is really be about because we are too concerned with our own position and status.
Mick
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