It's a Team Effort

Exodus 39:42

According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.

The building of the great tabernacle in the wilderness was not done by one man. Moses could have never done this work by himself because he had a whole nation to lead. However, there were many people who got involved in this great work, and together, as a team, both Moses and the children of Israel made all the work.

No work will ever be accomplished by one person. The church that is a one-man show is the church that will do little to nothing for God. One of the great mistakes many pastors make is that they never involve others because they don't feel anyone can do the work they do as well as they can. Therefore, the work is stifled because the pastor won’t delegate some of his tasks to others.

On the other hand, you have a pastor who is overloaded with work, but every time he asks someone to do something, they always have an excuse for not being able to do it; therefore, the pastor is stuck with doing all the tasks that need to get done to the detriment of the church’s growth.

Furthermore, you have a group of people who were once involved but, for whatever reason, backed away from all their duties, likely because they were backslidden. Oh, they have their great excuses for not wanting to be involved, but the true reason is that their hearts are not right with God. Let me share some observations about the importance of the pastor and the church working together as a team so we can further the cause of Christ.

Pastor, if you want the work that God has given to you to grow, you must trust others to be involved in the work with you. No, they may not be able to do the work as well as you can, but with the load you are carrying, you are not doing the work with several tasks that you could do because you are too busy doing everything. You've got to stop nitpicking at the abilities of others and realize that the work that you're doing needs you to delegate tasks to others so that everyone can be involved. You have to remember that there is no perfect work, and that includes what you do; therefore, stop expecting perfection from others and let them do the job so that the work of Christ can move forward.

Moreover, your people will not grow if you don't give them something to do in the church. People don't grow by sitting underneath the pastor's preaching for the rest of their lives; people grow by being given a task in the church and taking what they've heard the pastor preach and applying it to that work. You are hindering people's growth if you don't delegate tasks to them, because growth comes from work. This is what I have learned: if you don't delegate your tasks to people, they will become frustrated and leave your church. Therefore, for the sake of the growth of those you lead, you must stop waiting for them to be perfect, and give them a task that will grow them and mature them into the believer that God wants them to be.

Believer, when your pastor asks you to do something in the church, stop refusing it because it is not what you want to do. Apparently, your pastor feels you are the right person for the job; therefore, take the task and let it grow you into a stronger believer, because together, you, the pastor, and other laborers can help your church become the great work for God that He wants it to be.