I have been meditating on humbleness the last few days.
Romans 12:3 For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
James 4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
It is good to be put on one place at times. Pride is such a deceptive thing. Whither in Church leadership or Marketplace management it is easy to think that we are the great, white, hope… “savior of the system”. There is this arrogance, there you feel as though the place would fall apart if you were not running the show. I had this epiphany walking into work a few weeks ago. This place has been running for 39 years before I arrived and it will run another 39 when I am gone. I could get hit by a bus tomorrow and work would move forward.
Same is true in Church work. The church or its systems cannot be focused on a man or personality. The “cult of personality” is very much alive in Jesus church to our shame. Whether it is preaching/teaching or technology or cleaning or kids, there should be an active discipleship process. Discipleship does not apply only to spiritual disciplines, it applies to every aspect of the Kingdom of God. It is the biblical, body concept. Everyone working together for the welfare of the body and the promotion of the gospel.
