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The Right Attitude

 Of The Supervisor 17

[1 Tim 3:1-7]

/ Anne's Faith Column 

 

 

/ By Priscilla

 

 

The overseer who

governs the church needs

the leadership, along with

the religious personality

that a Christian must

  possess.

 

 

Looking at the scripture

that tells us the supervisor's

posture in the last days

 of suffering,

 

 

we can find out that

we have lack of leadership.

 

 

So it seems that we will

have to correct the posture

  of our mind again.

 

 

Then what do we have

to do in order to become

overseers, first of all?

 

 

The scripture says

 as below: 

 

 

1) If anyone sets his heart

on being an overseer,

  he desires a noble task.

 

 

2) Now the overseer

must be above reproach,

the husband of but

 

 

 one wife, temperate,

self-controlled, respectable,

 hospitable, able to teach,

 

 

3) not given to drunkenness,

not violent but gentle, not

quarrelsome, not a

lover of money.

 

 

4) He must manage

his own family well and

 see that his children obey

 him with proper respect.

 

 

5) He must not be

a recent convert,

or he may become

conceited

 

 

and fall under the

same judgment as

the devil.

 

 

6) He must also have

a good reputation

with outsiders,

 

 

so that he will not fall

into disgrace and into

the devil's trap.

(1 Tim 3 : 1-7)

 

 

We are often said to

follow the Lord

as Christians,

 

 

but there are many times

when we live a life of faith

with secular thoughts.

 

 

There were many times

when we were always

busy

 

 

and could not

take care of the

 garden of our heart.

 

 

Whenever we were

faced with the alternative

 of following God

or the world,

 

 

there were many times

when the following

scripture came to us :

 

 

'He is a

double-minded man,

unstable in all he does'.

(James 1 : 8)

 

 

In addition, we did not

hesitate to deviate

from the way of the

Lord with faith

 

 

that was biased toward

one side, or to easily

condemn others

 with a deviant passion.

 

 

Our bodies are busy

without rest,

 

 

but our inner souls

are always engulfed

by the world's waves,

 

 

as if they were left alone

in a desolate field,

becoming helpless,

habitual,

 

 

and weak and

unfaithful Christians

with only form

  and appearance.  

 

 

We sincerely confess

to the good God

 

 

that we have lived

a disguised life with

 such contradictions

 

 

and covering

our faults.

 

 

  'Now, in such a state,

do not wander anymore,

repent and turn away

from the path,'

 

 

the Lord continues to say.

 

 

Also, our inner beings

shout out to our

outer beings :

 

 

'You must get out of the

many contradictions now,

do not be deceived

by reality,

 

 

and become a faithful

and sincere, devout

Christian even inside.'

 

 

No question about it.

What else will there be

except these alarming

words?

 

 

If we decide to start

with the things that

are closest to us,

 

 

we should check each one

that comes to mind,

diligently cultivate buds

inside of us,

 

 

and take new care of

 the garden of our mind.

 

 

Just as we work on

removing hay and

 the soil into better

soil by fertilizing,

 

 

we must diligently

ask the Holy Spirit to

prepare ourselves

spiritually

 

 

to become overseers

who are in harmony

with God's heart.

 

 

Prayer

 

 

Lord!

 

 

Guide us into the

determination to

obey the word!

 

 

Let it be a new

opportunity for

each one of us! 

 

 

Amen!

 

 

2009/05/24

 

 

/ By Priscilla