Following....

1 Thes. 5:12-15 Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who work hard among you, who are over you in the Lord and who admonish you. [13] Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other. [14] And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone. [15] Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else.

The New Testament is stuffed full about instructions for leaders. But there isn't so much said directly about how we follow them. Often we are critical and fail to encourage them. Often we are resentful. Often we do not really follow them. But here Paul acknowledges that leading is hard and often lonely, so he encourages the rest of us to support them. Maybe we need to cut out the grumbling, and learn to walk alongside those who are called to lead us.