HELP’S MINISTRY (Christian office Administrator, Pastor’s personal assistance)
Text: Col.2:19, Eph. 4:16
INTRODUCTION
Helps simply means to make easier – make something easier for someone to do or achieve. Helps could be in form of rendering advice, money or real physical support.
The helps ministry entail you teaming up with someone who is a Chief servant to accomplish a vision or get an assignment carried out.
The helps ministry is ordained of God, it is established of God to give a structural support to the Chief servant. Helping him to take care of the physical side of his assignment/vision while he concentrates on the spiritual side. It is not in any way lesser than the pulpit ministry, but it is different from it. God calls people into whichever He wants. You must therefore be careful and embrace that which the Lord has called you to be. (Heb. 5:4; Eph. 4:7; I Cor. 12:11).
Our focus by the grace of God in the helps ministry are the people in charge of Church Administration like Assistant Pastors, Personal Assistant to the man of God, Business Manager, Confidential Secretary. Generally, Christians, that have calling to work in Churches or ministries.
In the helps ministry you:
v Don’t envy the chief servant – Absalom- II Samuel 15:1-6
v Don’t fight for equality – Numbers 16:1-3
v Don’t make yourself the centre of attraction and operation.
v Don’t make your help – a major and what you are to help a minor – Aaron in trying to be leader was led by the people. Exodus 32:1-9
v Must operate always in recognition of the head and not consider your own importance. E.g. Joab in II Samuel 18:10-19:1-8.
v Must be ready to deal with the opponents or oppositions to the Set man and the vision. Be positively partial!
v Must remember that you have been called into a selfless service. You may not get the same physical/monetary benefits like those in the secular employments.
A. Requirements
BE BORN AGAIN. I CORINTHIANS 2:14, II Peter 1:4, I John 3:9, John 1:12
Be filled with the Holy Ghost; acts 6:1
See it as a step to greatness as seen in Joshua, Elisha, Stephen and Evangelist Philip in Acts 6:1.
Be faithful: Acts 6:1-6, I Corinthians 4:1-2
You should be faithful, honest and dedicated to the work. See it as your work, your life and as God’s work.
Be a son – Heb. 3:1-6, Gen. 22:1-12. See yourself as a son and the work as a family work.
Be ready to receive assignment. Because it is HELPS, you must receive assignment from the head.
B. STABILIZING TRUTHS ABOUT THE HELPS MINISTRY
i. It Is NOT INTERIOR to the five fold ministry, it is ONLY DIFFERENT. We are to work to complement each other – I Cor. 12, Rom. 12
ii. It is not vain labour nor for eye service – Eph. 6:16
iii. You must believe that you received it from the Lord – Col. 4:17a
iv. You must strive to fulfil it: Col. 4:17b
Create time, set your love upon the assignment, do not do it half heartedly because there is no physical renumeration from the man.
v. Your work and that of the Set-man together form one work (body): I Corinthians 12:20
vi. If you did not do your work perfectly, it will affect other works in the family: I Cor. 12:26.
C. BIBLICAL EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE IN HELPS MINISTRY
1. Aaron and Hur. Exodus 17:10-13
2. Certain women – Luke 8:3
3. The Disciples – Luke 22:8-13
4. Bezaleel and others Exodus 35:30-35,36
5. The Deacons – Acts 6:1-6
D. Common Errors In Helps Ministry
1) To want to stand alone.
e.g. music minister who has no pastor and doing sole-ministry around.
Help minister is always attached to the pulpit ministry for multiplication of strength. See how the minstrel helped Elisha in II Kings 3:15.
You must adapt to the head in order to walk faithfully.
Everyone that is not a pastor must be a member of a church.
2) To want to withhold help or be lax due to pride, ignorance of purpose or laziness is to be in error.
3) There is no need to envy the pulpit ministry – we all have glory, but the glory differs. I Cor. 15:41.
E. REWARDS OF A FAIHTFUL HELPS MINISTER
A helps minister must work with a servant’s attitude – John 13:1-8
1. Where you serve is where you have a part and a portion.
2. God rewards you openly – Matthew 6:6b.
3. It is an honourable ministry (office) that makes you to operate at a higher level in life or be part of what is bigger than you.
Acts 4:12; Seen with Jesus.
John 12 :26.
4. Reference e.g. Elisha pours water on the hands of Elijah and was recommended for a higher service (II Kings 3:11) for authenticity.
5. You receive the anointing upon your Set-man e.g. Deut. 34:9, Matthew 16:18
No comments:
Post a Comment