Key Verse: Galatians 6:9, "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."
Moses was tired. He'd been listening to one disagreement after another. I imagine him mediating a dispute between two people who claim to have created manna soup, and both want the patent on the recipe. The Israelites had been coming to Moses with these kinds of questions all day, and the line still wrapped around the tent-twice, "This is ridiculous", he thought. "I can't keep this up." But he was the leader of Israel-wasn't settling disputes his job? If so, then how does the leader of a million people wandering in the desert go on a vacation?
Next in line was Moses' father-in-law who had some advice of his own, "Moses, share the load. It's not all up to you." So Moses did, and he got that vacation.
Just like Moses, the apostles figured out early on that they couldn't do ministry by themselves. So God helped them choose others to share the ministry of his kingdom. Everyone in the early Church had a part to play in ministry.
This week we're going to think about the shared ministry of the Church. Whether you know it or not, God has a place for you to serve, and the whole concept of church won't work unless you get involved. It's time we all got off the pews and into the game.
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