Humbled by serving

Psalm 30 : 8-12 8 To you, Lord, I called; to the Lord I cried for mercy: 9 “What is gained if I am silenced, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it proclaim your faithfulness? 10 Hear, Lord, and be merciful to me; Lord, be my help.” 11 You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, 12 that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent. Lord my God, I will praise you forever. There is no way you can possibly serve God and not be humbled. I think one of the hugest mistakes we make, and David makes it here is that we put too much value on our service to God. I mean, how valuable are you to God? If you didn't go to church next Sunday, if you didn't show up the places that you go daily like work, school, play, hobbies, home would the people there's lives be any different? We think oh man, God is using me and I am irreplaceable. WRONG! David is attempting to say that, Hey God if I die, if these people who want me dead succeed at it, what do You gain? I am praising you, I am proclaiming your faithfulness if I am gone who will do that. The answer is, the next person God calls to do that. Look at churches all accross America, they are pastored by men and women who are called into the ministry. God called them, placed them there and many of them think they are irreplaceable. God always takes care of his church and His ministries. So, we are all as servants of God replaceable. Moses didn't want to lead, and then once he started leading I am sure he kind of got a big head. He probably thought man am I important. Then, God calls Joshua to step in and not only does he step in but he finishes leading God's people where Moses failed to. The story I like to tell is about a man I call Papa Brown. Papa Brown is the only Papa I have ever really had as both my grandpa and papa died when I was very, very young. So, Papa Brown is a servant of God and loves God and a times loves his church even more. One Sunday the Pastor called and said he was sick and couldn't make it so we had to plan out how to fill his spot. I ended up preaching, another staff member did some of the pastor's duties and we made it. The Sunday went off pretty well and I think it was a great success not just because I was preaching but because there was no angry mob there Monday morning at our offices lol. Well, a few months later Papa Brown was sick. What people didn't realize was papa Brown got to the church a few hours early every Sunday, set the air or heat, turned on teh lights and got the coffee pots started. Well, the Sunday he wasn't there was chaos. No coffee, people were waiting outside to get in early and could not, and Papa Brown's sunday school class all had to go get their own bulletins. The humble servants of God can always be replaced, but it's the true servants that are harder to replace than the pastors. God always takes care of His church and always provides a shepherd where His sheep need one. Thanks for reading and have a great day!