Bible Question:
I want to work in my church, but I wouldn't make a janitor, what can I do?
Sunshi W./ Kyoto, Japan
Bible Answer:
There is surely a job for every believer in the church. The Apostle Paul tells us about this in....
Romans 12:4-8 New International Version
4.Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function,
5.So in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.
6.We have different gifts, according to the grace given us.
If a man's gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith.
7.If it is serving, let him serve;
if it is teaching, let him teach;
8.if it is encouraging, let him encourage;
if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously;
if it is leadership, let him govern diligently;
if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.
The Apostle Paul, here lists some SEVEN, ministries of love within the church. God has given every member one or more of these gifts to build up the House of God.
What are your gifts? Pray and ask the Lord to reveal them to you.
The gift of Prophesy: This gift is verbal inspiration from the Holy Spirit/ and or Inspired Preaching (which also is prophecy), this category belongs surely to the Pastor of the church. Most churches have only “one,” pastor. If you have this calling, ask the Lord, where He will lead you to have your own church.
Serving: Some people without a doubt love to serve others. It may be in the kitchen of the church, how many a dear soul, men and women, have labored year after year to feed all who come to church. Or it may be serving as a janitor, usher, etc...etc...etc..
Teaching: This office in most churches, is filled when a qualified person, has meet with the pastor and or church board, with a heart to teach young or old the wonderful Word of God.
Encouraging: What a wonderful gift of the Lord! Many a dear saint with the pastor's guidance and blessing has spent hour after hour with those in rest homes, and hospitals, praying with and encouraging them in the Lord. (what a reward is coming! Matthew 10:42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in nowise lose his reward. )
Contributing: (Proverbs 19:17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will He pay him again.)
What a blessing it is to help those who are in need!Leadership: Deacons, and Trustees, are in places of responsibility within the church, and how the church needs Godly called leaders!
Mercy: Many a wounded soul comes under the roof of the church. Many hurting from the wounds of a sinful world. A lecture they do not need. People of Love and Mercy, yes. (Matthew 5:7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.)
Friend, humbly pray, and ask the dear Lord Jesus, what are the gifts that you have been given. Then wait upon Him, so that you will have the strength and the wisdom to apply those gifts in the church.
