DAILY READINGS: Exodus 40; Psalms 94-95; Acts 24:1-23
And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds,
and with every leader. 1 Chronicles 13:1
The local churches of God’s people are not democracies but neither
are they autocracies. There are oft en those among us who like the
place of pre-eminence. Such was the spirit of Diotrophes, and it
caused great problems in the early church (3 John 9, 10). Let us make
sure that those who have a reponsibility for leading God’s people
do so with a sense of godly awe, and are always prepared to seek
counsel for their decisions. “In the multitude of counsellors there is
safety.” (Prov. 24:6) —Brian Russell
O lead me Lord, that I may lead the wavering and wandering feet,
O feed me Lord, that I may feed Thy hungering ones with manna sweet.
—F. R. Havergal