Dear brothers and sisters,
Loving greetings to you in Jesus Christ and our
Lord. Today let us learn about the importance of sharing the work
Load and doing a team work to do an effective ministry for the
lord. Moses father in law who was an experience person in life
told Moses the servant of God about this team work. When people
could not do in any thing as a team they will get tired in the
due curse and the people will also get tired as in Exo 18:17 &
18, “Moses' father-in-law replied, "What you are doing
is not good. You and these people who come to you will only wear
yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle
it alone.” When we work together we multiply our effectiveness.
Many times many servants of God try to do A to
Z all by themselves because of many reasons:
1. They do not trust anybody in their life
2. And they may think only they have the grace of God to do the
work.
3. They may think basically God called them only to do the ministry
so they are ultimately responsible.
4. They could not train any one for such team work.
5. They could not identify the talented people in their group.
What to do know? Moses father in law told him
to listen to this advice as in Exo 18:19, “Listen now to
me and I will give you some advice, and may God be with you.
1. You must be the people's representative before God and bring
their disputes to him. – [not totally withdrawing from the
responsibility.]
2. Exo 18:20 Teach them the decrees and laws, - [it takes the
leader to take time to teach them.]
3. And show them the way to live – [give them practical
example and the right way of doing things.]
4. And the duties they are to perform. – [give them clear
job descriptions and set goals.]
5. Exo 18:21, “But select capable men from all the people--men
who fear God, - [selecting the capable people is the main work.]
6. Trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain— [they should
not work for gain and they must be trustable.]
7. And appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties
and tens. – [as per their capacity we can honor them and
put them leader over small and big groups.]
8. Exo 18:22 Have them serve as judges for the people at all times,
but have them bring every difficult case to you; the simple cases
they can decide themselves. – [let them have long term leadership
responsibilities. And use their own talents and in case if they
cannot handle anything let them approach you for that matter.]
9. That will make your load lighter, because they will share it
with you. – [they help the leader to do the things with
ease since it is a team work.]
10. Exo 18:23 If you do this and God so commands, you will be
able to stand the strain, and all these people will go home satisfied."
– [this is the way to cope up with the strain in the life
and ministry.]
The bible says Moses the anointed called servant
of God listened to the advice of his father in law as in Exo 18:24,
“Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything
he said.”
May the Lord help each one of us to develop a
team work where ever we may try to establish a work for the glory
of God. Amen.
Your Web-Site Pastor,
Rev.
Dr. T. Marcus Devasahayam
Web-site: www.barodabibleclub.org
e-mail: marcusbbc@yahoo.com
Mobile: 91-9327243600 ,Church 3096882 / 5540651.
Res : 3, 2nd floor, Arpita Complex, Priyalaxmi Mills Road, Vadodara
– 390003, Gujarat, India, Phone:91-265-2335651.
