Indeed we want to prove ourselves genuine ministers of God whatever we have to go through – patient endurance of troubles, hardship, desperate situations…  Overworked, sleepless, starving, with sincerity, with in sight and patience; by sheer kindness and the Holy Spirit; with genuine love, speaking the plain truth, and living by the power of God. Our only weapon is a life of integrity, whether we meet honor or dishonor, praise or blame. Called imposters, we must be true, called nobodies, we must be in the public eye. We are alive, always going through it, yet never going under. We know sorrow, yet our joy is inextinguishable. We have nothing to bless ourselves with, yet we bless many others with true riches. We are penniless, and yet we possess everything that matters.

The work of the leader is to be an example to the world of their faith in Christ. Therefore, it is working all the time as in Ephesians 6:5 “… not with the idea of currying favor with men, but as servants of Christ, consciously doing what you believe to be the will of God for you…” Also Col. 3:22