The Message Leaders Forget

 

 

Before church leaders

Some parishioners genuflect,

Here’s a message for such leaders

That tend to forget.

 

Revelation 19:10

 

And I fell at his feet

To worship him.

And he said unto me,

See thou do it not:

 

I am thy fellow-servant,

And of thy brethren

That have the testimony of Jesus:

Worship God:

 

For the testimony of Jesus

Is the Spirit of prophecy.

 

 

There is only one

That is worthy of worship,

‘Worship and serve God only’

Is the Bible’s edict.

 

Herod learnt the hard way

When they called him a god,

He accepted the people’s worship

And he died a fraud.

 

God’s glory, the Bible says,

He will not share with another

But the elevation of some pastors

Has become a bother.

 

They appear unfamiliar

With the judgment of Herod

And still strive to stand in the place

He once stood.

 

Their fall will be great

If they too do not repent

And adhere to the divine message

That Herod was sent.

 

 

“And I fell at his feet

To worship him”

Pastors, please point out to them

That this is a sin.

 

“See that you do it not”

Pastors are fellow-servants,

And just like you and me,

They need to repent.

 

If you see men like trees

Having your vision impaired,

Another touch from the Healer

Will make you see clear.

 

No more holy the pulpit

Than a congregant’s pew,

That minister is a fellow-servant

Just like me and you.

 

Beware of those apostles

And of those prophets too,

That befuddle their congregations

As in voodoo.

 

History is replete

With leaders going astray

And leading their blind followers

In destruction’s way.

 

 

Worship God

Is every believer’s duty

For the testimony of Jesus

Is the Spirit of prophecy.

 

And you church leaders:

Stay in your zone,

Accept none of the proffered glory

It is God’s alone. 

Acts 14:15

 

And saying, Sirs,

Why do ye these things?

We also are men of like passions with you,

And preach unto you

That ye should turn from these vanities

Unto the living God,

Which made heaven,

And earth, and the sea,

And all things that are therein.

 

A message to the pew

Regarding the pulpit:

They are men just like you and me

Wherever they sit.

 

A message to the pulpit

Regarding the pew:

Accept that the only difference

Is in your elevated view.

 

Stewart Russell © May 4, 2025