In the past I’ve considered if a pastoral type position would be right for me. Let me tell you something, a Pastor is not a position for the light-hearted. It can be serious business.
You know, what you see on Sundays is usually just the very tip of the iceberg in terms of what your pastoral staff does. Theres all sorts of behind the scenes administrative tasks, in addition to reaching out and ministering (be it direct or through the oversight of ministry teams). These men and women are servants through and through, and you know what, their servant hearts and passion for God frighten Satan. As a result, he’ll try to being them down, making them feel overwhelmed, unworthy, uncapable.
So I urge you to set apart time, perhaps right now, or maybe once a week, or even everyday, to pray for your pastors. These men and women are on a high calling, but are still very much fragile humans. They are tempted every way each of us lay folk are. So thank God for their leadership, for their servant hearts, and pray for God’s strength for them. Pray that God would keep the enemy at bay.
“Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith,” -1Peter 5:8-9
