I also discovered that the Levites had not been given their prescribed portions of food, so they and the singers who were to conduct the worship services had all returned to work their fields.
Nehemiah 13:10 NLT
The pastors and the worship leaders weren't getting paid...so they had to go back to work...and the community drifted away from God.
Sometimes we think our church leaders and worhsip leaders are there to make us feel good, but they have a job to keep us on track, to keep us in tune with God, to recognise when we're drifting, making poor choices...and we need to keep supporting them.
The singers who led worship were important then too...good things happen when we worship together as a community and these people are an important part of community life :)
We need them to be brave, bold, free to share God's heart...
#encourageoneanother