KEEP ON SERVING SHOULDER TO SHOULDER - Continue Serving Shoulder to Shoulder

Continue Serving Shoulder to Shoulder

The Christian congregation is a family-like arrangement.  There is a loving, helpful, and pleasant atmosphere in a family when all its members worship Jehovah.  A family may be composed of a number of individuals with varying personalities, but everyone has an honorable place.  The situation is similar in the congregation.  Though all of us are different-and imperfect-God has drawn us to himself through Christ.  (John 6:44; 14:6)  Jehovah and Jesus love us, and like a united family, we definitely need to show love for one another. -1 John 4:7-11.

The family like Christian congregation is also a place where we rightly expect to find loyalty.  The apostle Paul wrote:  "I desire that in every place the men carry on prayer, lifting up loyal hands, apart from wrath and debates." (1 Timothy 2:8)  Paul thus associated loyalty with public prayer "in every place" where Christians meet together.  Only loyal men should represent the congregation in public prayer. Of course, God expects all of us to be loyal to him and to one another.  (Ecclesiastes  12:13, 14)  Let us therefore be determined to work together harmoniously, like the members of the human body.  May we also serve  unitedly as part of the family of Jehovah's worshipers.  Above all, let us remember that we need one another and will enjoy divine approval and blessings if we keep on serving Jehovah shoulder to shoulder. 

Next time: How Can We Make Our Days Count Before Jehovah?

The Watchtower, 2002