Friday, May 15, 2015

Leading The Way

What does it take to be a leader? That depends I guess. Mostly it takes followers. When I think of the body of Messiah, I think of us all following Him to the Father, which is where He is leading us. He is out front. But as to the “church leadership” and their leading, how does that work? Well, I believe like all of us we set an example, good or bad. We hope that example is good. Paul gave these very instructions to the Philippians in his letter to them.

Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

But, other than by example of individual lives, what are to be the roles of the leadership? It appears they are to be supporting and building up, not out front.

Ephesians 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

Here we see that the leaders work to perfect the saints (believers). Then, the believers do the work of the ministry and build up the body of Messiah. Interesting indeed.

Here we are today, all trying to follow what was written many years ago. For me, I only want to see the body of Messiah get on track, like right after He ascended, before I pass on. It seems that there are many good people just holding on, and I wish it were better than that. Pray with me today for our Father to give us His mercy and truth, and come powerfully once again to deliver His people, won’t you?

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are the one and only King. We love You and praise the name Yahuah (Lord) that Your greatness may be made known throughout the earth. Send us today Your overwhelming provision. We need You to do that today, Father. Forgive us our sins. Lead us. Anoint those among us that You have appointed as apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers to raise up Your people, that Your people might do Your work. We need Your healing today. We need You to deliver us from the evil in this world that would put us in chains of bondage. We need Your strong hand of deliverance from those that would oppress us in bondage and steal from us what You have given. Raise Your people up Yahuah (Lord). Show us Your mercy and stretch forth Your arm in deliverance today. In Yeshua’s (Jesus’) name. Amen.