Servants and Stewards
by Sarah Wootten Corinth Missionary Baptist Church
What is the measure of success for the minister of the Word? It’s a difficult question for us to answer because we are influenced by the world around us and by prideful desires within us. Some people act like a minister’s success is measured numerically, whether it’s by finances, years in ministry, membership rolls, or baptisms. Others know better than to look at numbers, so they may consider spiritual matters to be the mark of success, like spiritual fruit in the lives of the congregation. While none of these are bad things – of course we want more people joining local churches and growing spiritually – God doesn’t measure a minister based on what man considers success. Instead, God looks at the faithfulness of those whom He calls into ministry. When we understand a minister’s role, this makes perfect sense.