*DAILY DEW 2/JUNE/2022*
*DISCIPLESHIP, GATHERINGS & GROWTH* (II)
_Key Bible Text:_
*“For the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect [mature] man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ"* (Eph. 4:12–13)
_Bible Insight:_
If you had asked the apostle Paul what his goal was in serving God, he would have said, “That we may present every man perfect [mature] in Christ Jesus†(Col. 1:28). If you had asked him to describe the work of the local church, he would have replied, “For the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect [mature] man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ†(Eph. 4:12–13).
*In spite of what some “success preachers†say, God’s goal for our lives is not money but maturity, not happiness but holiness, not getting but giving.*
God is at work making people more like His Son, and that’s what Christian service is all about. Your purpose in serving isn’t to build the biggest church or Sunday school class, the greatest choir, or the most efficient band of ushers. Your purpose is to build people of Christian character whom God can bless and use to build others. You can use all kinds of gimmicks and techniques to gather a crowd or build an organization, but that’s not the same as building His church.
The key idea is maturity. The individual Christian is born into the family of God and should mature and become more like Jesus Christ. As the church body matures, it increases in size and takes on adult features and adult responsibilities. It, too, becomes more like Christ. There’s no conflict between size and maturity, although all bodies don’t mature exactly alike. But where there’s life, there ought to be growth.
There’s nothing automatic about spiritual maturity. Paul had to pray for believers, share the Word with them, warn them, even discipline them, to bring them out of babyhood and into adulthood (1 Cor. 3:1–4). Paul wasn’t always successful in helping people mature, nor will we be; but with the Lord’s help, he did his best. If people failed to mature, the failure was theirs and not Paul’s.
_MEDITATION:_
*“The danger is that we exploit people to get things done instead of ministering to them so that what they’re doing helps them mature in Christ. Remember, in God’s eyes, the worker is more important than the work. If the worker is what he or she ought to be, the work will be done right and will please God."*
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(Culled from _On Being A Servant of God_ )
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