Just recently I was contemplating my future. I'm really unhappy with my job. Which is a kind of insult to God, since it's got really good pay and benefits. I should be happy that He's providing for me faithfully. But like an Israelite in the desert, I want more. My job changed a couple years ago and is now pushed by statistics and production. It's completely lost the relationship aspect that I always enjoyed so much.
So I'm praying to God and meditating on my future when a couple of things strike me. First is that I love to both learn and teach. It's always been that way. I love to figure some new thing out and I love to explain it and watch you learn it to. I've come to recognize that as a part of who God has created me to be.
Second, I was thinking about being a Sr. Pastor at a church. Out church has about 350 members. That means 350 people would call Linden their pastor. They would depend on him during difficult times, look to him for spiritual leadership, and overall hold him to a very high standard of living. The idea of switching places with him suddenly seemed daunting. Could I hold up under that weight and burden? I don't think so. I'm not strong enough yet. There's a lot more work in me left to do. (Side note: Think about this with your pastor. Give him both your thanks and grace. He needs it.)
So with those two things said, I'm wondering if my calling is as a Sr. Pastor of a church, or maybe to serve in more of a teaching/preaching role. Maybe I'm more gifted to be an associate pastor in a teaching role. Who knows.
Please pray for me in my job. It's a good job, but there's so much about it I do not like. I need either contentment and a renewed work ethic or a new door opened. While you're at it, pray that God will show me the next step in my path in His time.
So I'm praying to God and meditating on my future when a couple of things strike me. First is that I love to both learn and teach. It's always been that way. I love to figure some new thing out and I love to explain it and watch you learn it to. I've come to recognize that as a part of who God has created me to be.
Second, I was thinking about being a Sr. Pastor at a church. Out church has about 350 members. That means 350 people would call Linden their pastor. They would depend on him during difficult times, look to him for spiritual leadership, and overall hold him to a very high standard of living. The idea of switching places with him suddenly seemed daunting. Could I hold up under that weight and burden? I don't think so. I'm not strong enough yet. There's a lot more work in me left to do. (Side note: Think about this with your pastor. Give him both your thanks and grace. He needs it.)
So with those two things said, I'm wondering if my calling is as a Sr. Pastor of a church, or maybe to serve in more of a teaching/preaching role. Maybe I'm more gifted to be an associate pastor in a teaching role. Who knows.
Please pray for me in my job. It's a good job, but there's so much about it I do not like. I need either contentment and a renewed work ethic or a new door opened. While you're at it, pray that God will show me the next step in my path in His time.
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