Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Eph 4:3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Well good morning dear friends, I was out of state again yesterday and when I got in I was a little tired after the work that needed to be done, and the drive back home. Yesterday I was observing one of our houses being put together, and with that there were many people on site. There was a crane operator, a 5 man framing crew, and the builder and truck driver. Now with all that being said these folks had to work together to get the job accomplished, and I started thinking about the above verse this morning. Now the spirit that was there of course was not the true Spirit of God, however there was a good indication that all that were involved had the same mind and the same heart..lets get the job done, and get it done right. I just wanted to take a few moments and encourage you today to get behind your pastor at your local church, and get in the same mind, and direction of the people of the church that way whatever vision your pastor and church has it can be more effective. There is nothing more disappointing to your pastor, or to other people involved in the Lords work than to hear about those few that don't yoke up and get in the direction everybody else is going. Just as the guys on the job site were doing they were keeping peace with each other so that a job could get accomplished. Not all of them could be leaders, not all of them could be followers. There had to be those willing to take a position of responsibility and get things going, then there had to be those that knew their place and how they could help in order to pull together for the common goal. This is no different than in the church, there is the Pastor, then there are the members, each one rightly fit into their place in order to do the will of God according to the Spirit. Paul states in his letter the fit and functionality of the individual members of the body, all in peace working together to get the work accomplished. Paul stated if all were one piece of the body then the body would quit functioning. I just wanted to encourage you friend today that there is something that you can do in your church; or for your pastor, what needs to happen is you need to pray and see what skill you can offer for the service of the Lord. It may not be as glorious in your mind as say the preaching, or teaching. Friend there is something that you have to offer and the Lord would gladly use you in His service if you would just give it to Him to use. All of this though has to be brought back into the thought as represented in the above scripture, that this all must be done in the Spirit with the bond of peace. Keeping yourself in humble service my friend is a wonderful thing in the Christian life, never think of yourself as knowing all there is, at the same time don't think that you don't know anything and can't be used. Find your place and serve, serve, serve.