Do You Want to Serve?

Shavei Tzion | Return to Zion Congregation

Haifa, Israel

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Why am I not in the “ministry” like the Levites? Or why can’t my family be in leadership like Aaron the high priest? Are they more worthy than I am?

I think believers who desire to serve often ask questions like these.

Perhaps they don’t preach sermons, but they do set up chairs in the sanctuary, clean the floor, or visit the sick. Perhaps they have ambition and desire, and they pray for the guidance of the Spirit! Perhaps they are yearning for a “higher” calling.

More than once the Scriptures describe conflicts in which one brother resented another for his calling, even leading to fatal outcomes. This was the case with Cain and Abel. We also read of the strife between Ishmael and Isaac, and between Esau and Jacob.

But then we read of a refreshingly different brotherly relationship; Aaron comes out to the desert to meet Moses. Aaron does not oppose the leadership position that Moshe, his baby brother, has been given! The Lord God takes this humble attitude into account. Later those sons of Aaron who have the same spirit as their father, receive the highest position in the ministry of the Tabernacle.

The New Testament describes similar human characteristics. During the last supper, Yeshua tells His disciples, “The greatest among you will be your servant” (Matthew 23:11). This reminds me of Aaron’s acceptance of Moses’ calling!

We are now in the season of Shavuot (Pentecost). The Spirit of God, the Spirit of the Messiah, is working in us, entrusting good deeds into our hands, refining our attitudes, and investing in us the Messiah’s thoughts and intentions.

It’s so important to open ourselves to God in humility. Let Him create in us not greatness or power, but RIGHTEOUSNESS IN HIS EYES!

Here is an example of practical ministry as seen in Numbers 4:21-25:

The Lord said to Moses, “… This is the service of the Gershonite clans in their carrying and their other work: They are to carry the curtains of the tabernacle…”

When you help out practically by “carrying the curtains,” cleaning the floor, inconspicuously exhorting, or visiting and supporting those who need it; may you simply burst with a feeling of gratitude to God that HE, the CREATOR of all things, is using you for HIS purposes wherever HE PLEASES!

Be satisfied with what God has set out for you to do. Be joyful that you walk before Him and participate in building the local and regional Body of the Messiah. And one day a great reward will be added to this satisfaction. “So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded” (Hebrews 10:35 NIV).

Recent news: Israel continues to experience a great wave of Aliyah – returning exiles, comparable in size to what it was in the early 90s. All the pastors and ministers of our congregation have additional work. It’s a blessing; I’m not complaining at all! Yet still, I ask for your prayers. The cost of supporting these many newcomers has also increased dramatically. Therefore I also ask for your contributions.

Blessings to you in Yeshua

Leon & Nina Mazin

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