Oldies And Newbies

A Church leader said to me about another Church leader: “He doesn’t count. He’s only been in our meetings a few times.” I said that everyone who is on a Church leadership is fully on board. Every leader should be treated with full deference and respect. OBSERVATION: I think that there is a spiritual reason for this. We are not merely talking about people's worldly experience as leaders, although a grasp of one's history may have some value. We are talking about a God-anointing. There is a certain pride in pointing to one’s “worldly” assets as being superior to someone else’s. In fact the question mark here would be over the Church leader who said: "He doesn't count." The principle, however, applies not only to Church leadership, but far more broadly.