What It Means to Be a Pastor

Do not remember the former things, or find out the things of old. I am doing a new thing now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? says the LORD in Isaiah 4318-19(Holy Bible, KJV). Though these nomenclature were written thousands of years ago, they speak anew for being a minister of religion today. How does a person do it if they are inflicted to be a parson? How does a person know what God is calling them to do? why is it in-chief(postnominal) to gestate care affluenty and prayerfully one(a)s call, e special(prenominal)ly a call to be a pastor?I am win over that to enter pastoral ministry without Gods call is one of the superior deceptions of the devil. This is so because the one who is deceived and drawn into pastoral ministry apart from Gods call testament not be as effective, because it takes a special anointing, and a closer relationship with God to be a pastor, alone worse, the one who ventures into ministry for the wrong reasons get out be power little to pr event the desecration of Gods holy name. Here are some questions to consider for those who may be in the feeling stage of considering their call.Why is it important to consider carefully and prayerfully ones call, especially a call to be a pastor? The non-called pastor, the non-called person in some(prenominal) position, is one of Satans most effective weapons. (See 1 Timothy 4 2 Timothy 3-4 2 Peter 2 Jude and Revelation 2-3). spectral leadership requires the ability to listen, to respond to, and to effectively communicate Gods desire and will for a congregation Ministry is not only teaching, or being in view of congregation, but it is above all serving.It is shepherding, discipline. It is cut to the hospital to sit at the beside of the sick and doing so at any time of night or day. In todays sparing times, we all have one way or another face up some difficult times, and instead of drawing closer to God, on that point seems to be a collective turning away from God. . Accordin g to the Western recorder August 3, 2010 issue, the average salary for a full time southerly Baptist Pastor is $55,829 while the average pay package for a full time Southern Baptist pastor is $66,275.I dont know about you, but these amounts sound insanely high to me. I evaluate that pastors made about $10,000 less than this I make almost $28,000 less than this (God takes care of us). (http//sbcvoices. com/what-is-the-average-pay-for-a-full-time-southern-baptist-pastor-or-staff-member/sthash. grh71N84. dpuf) Being a pastor will require a lot of your time and a whole lot of sacrifice, your wife and children will miss you every time you step out to minister and you will constantly be reminded of the cost of such a venture.Being a pastor is a continuous sacrifice, there will be times you have to choose between your ministry and your personal life, when the phone rings in the wee hours of the morning and you have to deal with your wife going by means of the house, cussing the dog and kicking the cat because the members dont seem to value the house, but you must go because the will of God must be done.Being a pastor is not something you can be prepare to do, because to pastor you must have a love for Gods people. There is no other job or position in which people allow you into living rooms, hospital rooms and often the darkest places of their lives, there are very few jobs that require the amount of love and shame it takes to truly and effectively care for Gods people, to whom much(prenominal) is given, much is required.