Wednesday, October 7 Remember those who are taking the lead among you, who have spoken the word of God to you.​—Heb. 13:7.

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Wednesday, October 7

Remember those who are taking the lead among you, who have spoken the word of God to you.—Heb. 13:7.

 

Whenever Jehovah gives his people an assignment, he expects them to carry it out in an organized way. (1 Cor. 14:33) For example, it is God’s will for the good news to be preached in all the inhabited earth. (Matt. 24:14) Jehovah has put Jesus in charge of that work. Jesus has seen to it that it is carried out in an organized fashion. In the first century, as congregations were established in various places, elders were appointed to give direction and take the lead. (Acts 14:23) In Jerusalem a central body of elders, consisting of the apostles and older men, made certain decisions that all the congregations were expected to comply with. (Acts 15:2; 16:4) As a result of their obedience to the instructions they received, “the congregations continued to be made firm in the faith and to increase in number.”—Acts 16:5. w24.04 8 ¶1

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Cooperation sounds like it's not a real contribution to the congregation, but think of how divisive the world is. They insist on hyper-individualism because anything less is a betrayal of self, in their minds. But Jehovah demands that we all work together and that means we can't have 9 million people seeking their own "truth" - we must cooperate. Each person has a responsibility to support those taking the lead and that starts with Jehovah and trickles down. Maybe we don't get the exact assignment we wanted or to do things the exact way we envisioned them, but our unity is worth more than getting our way all the time. Jehovah appreciates humble people who lovingly compromise , not highly intelligent rebels.