Do It With Joy

Just A Thought

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
(Hebrews 13:17)

I have not written lately, but I would like to share with you what I shared with our church leaders last night. We were discussing how to enlist/recruit workers to their ministry teams, which seems to be one of the most difficult task for leaders, from my experience. Sometimes we feel that it is just easier to do it ourselves, or if you want it done right, you might as well just do it yourself. But this style of leadership tends to burn us out, and it also pushes good people away. Since we are so busy doing the work, and may have a bad attitude and feel that the work is grievous, others assume that they do not have anything to offer, or that we do not trust them to get the job done correctly.

Take a minute today to think about your style of leadership. Are you drawing people closer to you and to the work of the ministry, or are you pushing people away? May we be equippng people so we, and our ministry team, will faithfully serve Jesus, and do it with joy!