Do your job.

This past week, in a conversation, I was reminded that I have a job to do. I have requirements that I need to accomplish in order to make sure I am faithfully fulfilling my role. I hadn’t forgotten that I have the role; however, like us all, I can at times let it slip in priority.

I’m not describing my job as a pastor, but a job that I share with you: member. Like any other job, this job requires great attention and diligence. It must be a central priority for us as followers of Christ.

Consider Ephesians 4:11–12. “And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:”

There are two main responsibilities in view in this passage: the pastor’s responsibility to the saints and the saints’ responsibility to each other. The pastor equips the saints so that the saints may then carry forth the work of the ministry so the body can be edified.

When you come and assemble with the body, you have a job. You are called to edify the body through your service. Catch the distinct lack of qualifiers: no “if you have the time,” “if you are an extrovert,” “if you feel up to it.” The responsibility is for all members.

So, how are you doing fulfilling that job? Ask yourself how you can see the “one another’s” actively displayed in your life (love one another, pray for one another, exhort one another, admonish one another, serve one another, bear the burdens of one another, and the list goes on). Again, the responsibility is not on one of those but all of those.

How have you stepped out of your comfort zone to serve Christ’s church in a substantive way in the last week? The last month? The last year? Let me exhort you: do your job. It will not be in the exact way that others in the body serve, but all saints of Christ ought to be serving the body.

Serving together,

Pastor Derek