Not Eating Well

  Here is an old saying worth considering: “Never trust a skinny cook”.

  A friend of mine once said this at camp. That year our camp cook was a man of let’s say ample portions. That year we ate good. His remark was about how in a previous experience, the camp cook was a waify thing that didn’t seem to think you need much to get by. That year he didn’t eat so good.

 Now consider a passage of scripture:

In pointing out these things to the brethren, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, constantly nourished on the words of the faith and of the sound doctrine which you have been following.

1^st Timothy 4:6

  In this passage, Paul is describing the traits of the man tasked with instructing the brethren. In order to do that however he must first be a man who is well fed himself. Fed on words of faith and sound doctrine. A man that is starved himself won’t be very good at feeding others.

  That is why it is important that we take care to make sure those who lead and teach in the church. Often we never give our teachers and leaders the resources and time to keep themselves fed. We expect them to ‘serve it up’ for us but never make sure they are fed as well.

  When we notice the ‘pickens are slim’ in our instruction, it might be that we are not taking care of our cooks. A well-fed body starts by making sure our servants have what they need to cook well.