Pastor's Deserve their Pay (1 Tim. 5:18)

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 6-07-02

 

My Worship Time                                                      Focus:  Pastors deserve their pay

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                                     Reference:  1Timothy 5:18

 

            Message of the verse:  “18  For the Scripture says, "YOU SHALL NOT MUZZLE THE OX WHILE HE IS THRESHING," and ‘The laborer is worthy of his wages.’"  In this verse Paul quotes from Deu. 25:4, and he also quotes the words of Jesus that are written in the book of Luke.  Luke was a traveling companion and good friend of Paul, as they both were soldiers of the gospel of Christ.  It could be said that Luke has showed Paul what the Lord had said and he had wrote about it in Luke 10:7, so that Paul could record it here in 1Timothy.  The point of all of this is that those who are at work in a full-time position for the cause and work of Jesus Christ should earn their money from it.  Like the Lord Jesus said, “the laborer is worthy of his wages.”

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  I can honestly say that I have has little, if any, trouble with these truths in this verse.  I believe that Pastors and missionaries should be paid enough money so that they can live without financial problems.

 

The Word of God has reinforced the truth that I was taught before.

 

My Steps of Faith Today:  I want to trust the Lord to bring contentment to my life each day.  As He gives me His grace I would pray that He also make me content. 

 

Memory verses for the week:  Romans 5:19,20

Moreover the law entered that the transgression might abound.  But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ.