Thursday, December 16, 2004

For HIS glory or mine???

Todays QT was on John 3:22-30. In this passage the followers of John was jealous that Jesus was baptizing ppl and many ppl were going to Jesus to be baptised and not many ppl came to John. I guess the most important verse to address is verse is verse 30 where John says "He must become more important, but I must become less important."...Wow...John knew his role in Gods plan and Jesus's role in Gods plan and thats y he made the statement in verse 30.To understand this u should read the whole verses 22-30(focus on 27-29).
I guess being a BS leader we are like John. We are meant to point our members to Jesus and not ourselves. Being a BS leader, the greatest danger is leading the "flock" astray, but i think this will not be possible in OCF sydney. So the greatest danger for a Bs leader would be having the wrong motivation to lead a BS. I guess many BS leaders will be tempted to lead in a way that will glorify themselves and not Jesus. Just look at the charismatic churches where the congregation takes the words of the pastors as if it is Gods infallable Word. Everything the pastor says must is true even when it is clearly not biblical. Likewise as Bs leaders the temptation is always there. We want to lead the group in such a way that all the members will look up at us, and think highly of us,make us look holy and godly,and etc etc. The focus will no more be on Jesus but on our ownself desires. Worst case scenario is when a BS leader teaches something else and doesnt apply it himself. James 2:14 speaks very strongly about this, "What good does it do, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but does not have any works?"This kind of faith cannot save him, can it?" Another part of James gives a strong warning abt teachers. James 3:1," Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more severely". Afraid?? If u are....Thank GOd.
So before being a BS leader(which i would consider as one of the most important roles in OCF) let us examine ourselves and get our motives right before GOd first. The reason we are doing BS is to help the members grow in thier relationship with "GOD" and not us( although by doing so our relationship with our members will surely be strengthtened....but our focus shouldnt be there). As John said "HE must become more important, but I must become less important." Everything we do and say should point back Jesus. To fully grasp this, we should fully appreciate John 3:27-29. So how should we respond when someone more mature come into the group and we feel threatened. Well i guess if we get out motives right we should thank God for bringing a mature person in the group cause it will greatly help the ppl in the group to mature.But i guess , as humans thats not our natural tendency. So i pray that all of us will continually be humbled by God and allow HIS purposes to done through us and not our own selfish ambitions.....Amen

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