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Why People Should Serve: Anyone who has been responsible for staffing volunteers in the church knows why people DON'T serve. Sometimes the reasons are legitimate but sometimes they are merely excuses. What reasons have you heard? A survey was taken on this site to see what top excuses the church at large is giving for not serving. Look at the results. More important to the recruiting process than why people don't serve is why they should serve. What you believe regarding why people should be involved will affect the way you recruit. What people believe regarding why they should serve will affect the passion, priority, performance level, and perseverance people put into serving. Wrong Reasons: Some of these reasons are subtle. You may not acknowledge them as the reason but deep down it may be what you believe; it may be what is truly motivating you or others.
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If potential recruits believe in serving for these reasons, they may be serving for personal gain or to feel good about themselves. They may be serving to avoid someone's displeasure or feeling bad about themselves. They may be serving for appearance's sake. This person will tend to quit or get discouraged easier if they discover nothing is in it for them or what they are doing doesn't make them feel good. ---Is this the kind of person you really want?Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. (Phil. 2:3-4) Good Reasons: All of these reasons have some biblical basis. These things should matter to people. The question is if they should be the primary focus for serving.
If potential recruits obsess on any of these reasons, then their service may likely be performance-based. In an attempt to do what is right and what is good, they may end up serving in their own strength. The focus can become on what "they" are doing to show appreciation or to give glory to God rather than what "He" is doing through them. ---Is this really how you want people to serve? If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. (1 Cor. 13:1-3) The Best Reason:
If the potential recruits want to serve because of love, then you have people who will be more likely to persevere even in difficult situations. You have people who are focusing on how their ministry helps others and not how it affects them personally. Consequently you then have people who are patient, people who are kind. You have people who do not envy, who do not boast, who are not proud. You have people who are not rude, who are not self-seeking, who are not easily angered, who keep no record of wrongs. You have people who do not delight in evil but rejoice with the truth. You have people who always protect, always trust, always hope, always persevere. You see, love never fails. (This is a paraphrase of 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a.) ---Isn't this the kind of person you really want? Isn't this how you want people to serve? You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature, rather, serve one another in love. The entire law is summed up in a single command: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' (Gal. 5:13-14) Interested in a Print Version? | |||
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