How Real Servants Act

Pastor Bob Alderman

FBC Rio Grande City

brobob@brobob.org

40 Days of Purpose Journal

Day Number 33

Very good chapter!

I know the heart of servant hood is service to God – not to self. The thought that He is watching – ALWAYS is somewhat intimidating. He knows every point of service He has planned for me and He knows my response to it.

Page 260 talked about procrastination – one of my biggest problems. It not that I am not very busy – just not prioritized. There is so much I am expected to do, or can do that is good work, that I can easily get caught up in it and not what is most important – what God has called me to do. Well, sometimes I can be a little lazy or prideful as well.

It is so much easier to study and write than mow and fix lights. It is easy to get the “I am the pastor, not the janitor, let someone else worry about that” attitude going, but it is not reality or what God wants from me. I am a part of this body of believers and have equal responsibility in taking care of His building and supporting His ministries.

Sometimes I feel alone in the ministry here. I miss the fellowship with other pastors that I enjoyed in Victoria where there were many pastors in a small area. I also know that there are many people here in Rio that God has gifted and called to do ministry work that are not doing it; this hurts me as their pastor, the community and God.

Sometimes I do not act like a servant and even become a little rebellious about different things I see in our church, the community and my life. This does not make God smile. It is even hard now to admit that I am weak, even though I know that He already knows. I am far from perfect, but trying hard to be better.

I must do what needs to be done, how God wants it to be done.

This chapter also said that we should do every task with equal dedication. While I agree with this in concept I find the reality much more difficult. I can see where there really are no small tasks in the Kingdom of God, just small minds with inflated ego’s.

I must do what God wants – no doubts, no postponements, no attitudes and no childish behavior.

This will make God smile.