Genesis 1:1-5 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. ²Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water. ³God said, “Let there be light.” And there was light! ⁴God saw that the light was good, so God separated the light from the darkness. ⁵God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.” There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.

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2^nd Corinthians 10:3-5 For though we live as human beings, we do not wage war according to human standards, ⁴for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, but are made powerful by God for tearing down strongholds. We tear down arguments ⁵and every arrogant obstacle that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey Christ.

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It’s not an Ordinary Nation.

The word ordain comes from the word order.  That’s what it means.  It can be like an order that a boss gives a worker or like putting things in alphabetical order.  When a church ordains a pastor.  They do a little of both.  That’s what happened to me.  My church made me a part of the leadership team along with other elders and deacons.  With a team committed to serving God with wisdom and humility the things that get done and the decisions that get made will be done with order and not disorder.  I also got orders from my Boss to step into this role and to serve the people of God’s church.  So I’m taking my orders to teach and to serve.  This talk is just a response to being assigned this new role.

But a pastor is just 1 role in the church.  Everybody in the church is supposed to be using their gifts to serve God as a team.  So what does it mean to serve God?  And how should we look at our own role as part of this team?

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