Roms 12: 10Let us have real warm affection for one another as between family
Paul is writing to us on the need to have love and to walk in
it. To be able to love we need to be humble, a proud and arrogant person cannot
have genuine love. Love comes from a humble heart and a willing heart to
submit.
Love also does not take pride in self. The best example of
this is John the Baptist who was raised as the voice in the wilderness
proclaiming the coming of the Lord. He was mightily used by God to change the
hearts of the people and to turn them back to God. He was very effective and
had a big following.
However, John the Baptist knew his calling and mission which
was not to build a huge following for
himself but that he was to prepare the way and prepare the hearts of the people
to receive Jesus. When John saw Jesus, he said about Jesus; ‘He must increase and I must decrease.’
John was humble knowing his mission was complete when Jesus
came to Him to be baptised. His work is over and now he hands over the mission
for the salvation of the world to Jesus Christ to complete. John’s ministry was
to prepare the hearts of the people, to soften their hearts so that they are
ready to receive the message of salvation.
We too must be humble when we are in ministry, it is not all
about us but it is all about Jesus. It is not our Church that we build, it is
Jesus’ Church and it is not our sheep that we pastor but it is Jesus’ sheep.
When we receive the gifting and anointing, it is to bring
glory to Jesus and not to us. We need to be aware and reminded that we need to
remain humble and loving as Jesus had commanded. Only when we are humble can we
love the brethren.
This is what the early apostles taught over and over, they
have constantly reminded that we need to love each other and also the body just
as He first loved us.
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