Titus 1:5. "For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee.”
SET IN ORDER. From God through men is often given, A charge to keep or a word from heaven, That needs to speak to a present need, When men are slothful or filled with greed. Disorder comes when each one chooses To speak his mind, or his temper loses. So through God’s man in the proper place, Comes the word to be spoken face to face. And because of the faithfulness of a spiritual father, Changes are made, and lives restored to order.
Problems may be found in a man’s own home. He is not around when his children come Seeking needed help for a problem sore; Or some counsel wise in temptation’s hour. So, they turn away to some untried source, Whose pleasant words will change the course Of a child of God or a Christian’s child, Who couldn’t find you in the hour of trial; Approach that one with the heart of a brother, And help him bring home life back to order.
No church is immune to some serious disorder. Such challenges come from one source or another. Make clear to all in that fellowship, That there are men in place whose work is to keep, The saints are informed and moving on With goals made clear, and work to be done. The work in the hands of those faithful men, Has been placed there by the Spirit of God just when He knew that assembly needed one another,
With a leadership strong to maintain proper order.
“O Father of redeemed children: we are not able to conduct ourselves properly without divine power and authority. I praise Thee that there are those set in place by the Holy Spirit who can go before Thy people with a good sense of direction. Give them the heart to guide the sheep of Thy pasture. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”