A pastor is a servant to and not of the Church. That means a pastor serves the local church as one called to explain and declare the mind and will of Jesus Christ to that local expression of His body. Yet, many think of the pastor as one who is a servant of the church. Like an employee or hireling prophet he is paid to keep the "shareholders" happy and feeling religious.
The model for pastors is Jesus who is The Great Shepherd of the sheep. He gave up His life for the sheep. He afflicted the comfortable and comforted the afflicted. He wept over them and their blindness and did not give up on them. Pretty hard act to follow but one pastors are called to do.
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Maybe we should think of ourselves as "stakeholders" instead of "shareholders." As Kingdom people, we have the happy responsibility to look outward in a culture of profound narcissism.
What a difference this would make!
We all have our wants and desires, but we have to be willing to lay them down as an offering of worship before Christ for the sake of the Kingdom.
It's hard. It's not pleasant. But it's a life or death matter.
Thanks for your words.
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