As the title of this aticle suggest in this presentation, we will be looking at how the duties and the lifestyles of a church worker are conterminous with, or could be likened to that of a shepherd. This is @PASTOR001 ones again this morning how is everyone feeling, I hope very fine, thank God for I am still very ok here.
From the onset we can safely assume that what the church worker does are similar to that of a shepherd, namely, enhancing the effort of the human elements that are kept under their custody or care, it goes without saying that before one could be entrusted with the responsibility of taking care of somebody or something, such person's capacity to live up to expectations of that such assignment must not be in doupt, which leends credence to two popular saying that: to whom much is given much is also expected; and that privilege goes with responsibility, and when one is neglected, the other is withdrawn.
For the popose of this aticle teaching let us pretend to be ingnorant of the word, SHEPHERD. In the same vein, let us also pretend that this is the first time we are hearing the word church worker , against the foregoing background therefore two questions would readily arise, who is a shepherd ? and who is a church worker ?. A shepherd is a person who tends and rears 🐑 sheep. He is also someone who guide or direct in a particular direction , the primary duties of a shepherd are to:
Ensure the safety of the sheep and make sure that no harm before them.
Ensure that the sheep have food to eat by grazing the flock to area s where he the shepherd consistency the pasture to be greener.
Ensure that while grazing, the sheep do not poisonous or dangerous substance.
QUALITIES OF A SHEPHERD.
Just as every professional parades certain intrinsic in order to effectively practice his profession, a shepherd also must have some basic qualities that must endear him to the sheep, amongst those qualities are: .
Ability to sacrifices for the comfort of the sheep, a good shepherd must at all time ensures that the sheep have something to eat even when he himself not eating, he literally fends for them in other to make them comfortable.
Ability to win or earn the trust of the sheep, this he could achieve by always tending to their needs. No wonder Jesus said in ( Jn 10:27). My 🐑 sheep listen to my voice I know them and they follow me.
Ability to go extra-miles to serching and recover the strayed or missing sheep and when he recovers the sheep he rejoices, a good shepherd place on one sheep as he does on twenty others who are not in harm's ( Math 18:12-14).
Ability to lead the way why the sheep follows, in other words he shows them the part to follow so they don't stray
Nurses them when they are wounded.
WHAT IS A CHURCH WORKER.
A church worker is the church member who takes up responsibilities with the to contributing to the realization and the fulfillment of the vision of the church (Nub 11:17). He provides assistance to the leaders of the church so as to actually the goals of the church, he does this by identifying and filling the gap that might inhibit the growth of the church, more. Often than not, he does not wait to be instigated or prompted before taking up responsibilities that are germane for realization of the lofty objectives of the church.
Every church needs workers for the following three reasons:.
The work of providing platform for the salvation of the souls of man, for it cannot be done by pastor alone, it requires the collective intervention of people who constitute themselves as workers for the church to fulfill it's mandate
Jesus also appreciated the necessity of the worker as a veritable tool in the propagation of the gospel hence he chose a team and work with them through his ministry.
The early church took a cue from Christ hence it grew with involvement of more people as workers (Act 6:1-7, 14:21-23).
Unfortunately most of us who work as church workers today do not understand this basic fact, we thank for instance as a president of a particular arm or unit of the church our function or duties begin and end in promoting the welfare of members of that arms or unit or probably sorporting the church financially, or still celebrating the anniversary of the arm every year, those functions are secondary functions of the church worker.
Apart from imbibing the quality of a shepherd which we outlined in the preceding paragraphs, he should as a matter of necessity, consider the following.
Make sacrifices both in and outside the church for the confortable of other.
Exhibit a sense of charity to people.
Show perseverance in his dealing with situation s without too much compliants .
Be exemplary in utterance and conduct by doing and saying things that would comfort, and not hurt those in pains.
Message the ego of a member, specially, new ones, if necessary in order to give them the sense of belonging.
Give greater attention to new comers and try to endure their nuances.
Permit me to say this, as a church worker don't ask what your church can do for you, but what you can use the church to do, to serve as pillar of fortitude and Care to the down-trdden in the society. This is @PASTOR001 inspiring for future reference for excellence, God bless you for reading this my aticle with patient, but don't forget the needful.
God bless you if you have done just that.
