Remember your Christian Leaders (Heb. 13:7)

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 07-30-03

 

                                                                                                                       

 

My Worship Time                                          Focus:  Remember your Christian leaders

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                                     Reference:  Hebrews 13:7

 

            Message of the verse:  “7 Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith.”  (NASB)  “Remember your leaders who first taught you the word of God.  Think of all the good that has come from their lives, and trust the Lord as they do.”  (NLT)

            This verse is speaking of those who had rule over these early Hebrew believer, and it could mean that some of them had already been killed for their faith in Jesus Christ.  These leaders were possibly the ones who led these people to faith in Christ, as he says those who spoke the Word of God to them.  In application for today this would refer to the Pastors of a NT Church who rightly divides the Word of God for his flock.  The writer says that these believers are to consider the results of their conduct, and also to imitate their faith.  If they were already martyrs for the cause of Christ these people should think about that in relationship with their conduct and honor them, as well as imitate their faith.  If they were not martyrs then they should imitate their faith as well as think of the good that has come from their lives.

 

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  This is a good verse to describe the way that a spiritual leader is to be treated today.  Pastors go through many difficult times if they are doing the job that the Bible describes for them to do.  I certainly have had some wonderful Christian leaders that God has provided for me to follow, even from the very earliest days of my walk with the Lord when I as not attending a Church, the Lord provided men of wonderful example for me to learn and grow from.  I can think back at how Fred Yetka took time to teach me many truths of the Scriptures and how Bob Fredrick was another wonderful example for me to follow.  Yes the Lord has blessed my life with some wonderful Pastors to follow, from Pastor Burns to Pastor Jacobs; God has used these and others to teach me how I should walk in my Christian faith.

 

The Word of God was both refreshing and challenging to my heart as I read it this morning.

 

My Steps of Faith Today:  I want to continue to trust the Lord to have His perfect will in choosing our next Senior Pastor.  I would pray that the Lord would use me to vote for the man who is in the perfect will of God to lead our Church family.