A Letter of Commendation

“I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church.” Romans 16:1

Paul spends a great part of his conclusion in this letter to the Romans with commendations for the faithful workers in the church. What had Phoebe done? She had been a servant, not a sitter. Anyone can sit, but the faithful will serve. She succored the church. That means she aided it, supported it, comforted it, provided for it, and was a benefactor in many ways. Her heart was in her work. It was not done because no one else would. It was done because she loved the church.

Churches today find it increasingly difficult to find workers, even to find people willing to sit on a committee to oversee one small ministry of the church. This is sad. Romans 16 lists many who willingly stepped forward, who did not claim that they were too busy with the things of this world to be servants in the church. We need to be willing, as they were, to be servant of God and not totally absorbed in ourselves.

Dear Father, Help us to see Your work as truly important and then do it. Amen.

  The Friday Benediction

Until Monday, my friends, may the good God envelop you with His grace; may you prove the common confession of faith, “I believe in the holy Christian church and in the fellowship of the saints”, and may you be enriched with joy and hope as you exercise that confession this weekend.  Amen

 

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