the overseer

1 Timothy 3:1-7 ESV

The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church? He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.

it alays interests me how we make this a chack list of things we need to do. Isn't that such a religious, self-righteous works based aproach to a set of metrics that should help us assess what God is doing in our leaders? All of these characteristics are things that only God can empower us toward. similar to the fruits of the spirit. without the Spirit i can not be a good overseer, but with the Spirit of God empowering me all of these things are growing and i am becoming the man He has called me to be. it has never been in my power or strength to be a good overseer. Thank you Jesus for giving us your Holy Spirit.

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