Working Together For Christ

Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people -- your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.

Barbara Bush (1925-, American First Lady, wife of George H. Bush)

Romans 16:3-4

Give my greetings to Prisca and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus, who risked their own necks for my life. Not only do I thank them, but so do all the Gentile churches. (HCSB)

Paul is taking care of some important business here in the beginning of Chapter 16 of Romans, and it is a real good read if you are taking notice. Paul became known by many after his conversion. He says in Galatians that in some Judean provinces he was well known as the one who formerly persecuted the faith and people that he now loved.

He is thanking many here, and he also is lifting them up. If you will notice he acknowledges their senior faith and honor as believers that were “in” Christ, before him. Paul also takes the opportunity to thank those that have been striving with him in the faith for lost souls, and supporting the churches, even to the point of having church in their homes.

Why do I point all of this out? Well, it’s to highlight the fact that church is everyone’s job, and we all have something to do in it. Church isn’t something that we leave up to someone else, it is something that we give sacrificially for and work to see that it goes smoothly. It is also that which ties us together and makes us thankful for one another, and the best relationships are formed in the Work of Christ…God’s Blessings.

Pastor William