I\u2019ve been a pastor all my adult life. As a matter of fact, I started when I was 18 years old. I\u2019ve been a pastor through college, seminary, and graduate school. I\u2019ve been doing it for so long that I need to sit down and just list the reasons why I still have great passion for it and love doing it. Here are my reasons why I love being a pastor:<\/p>\n
1. I love knowing what I was created to do; to be a speaker for God, and love people.<\/p>\n
2. I love seeing what happens when you give people hope. I love how they flourish and respond.<\/p>\n
3. It is a great honor when someone calls you their pastor, which means they trust you to give them spiritual encouragement, leadership and advice. I take that very seriously.<\/p>\n
4. I love being a pastor because it forces me to take God\u2019s words seriously; not just as a casual reader, but a lifelong student.<\/p>\n
5. I love being a pastor because it causes me to pray: to pray outside myself, to pray for those who are a part of my growing network, and those around the world.<\/p>\n
6. I love being a pastor because it gives me a bigger view than just my little thing. It helps me understand that I am a part of a worldwide movement, a missionary movement that takes the hope of the gospel and Jesus Christ to all the world.<\/p>\n
7. I love being a pastor because it identifies me as a follower of Jesus Christ with a lifelong commitment to teach, lead, inspire, and move, in the lives of people.<\/p>\n
8. I love being a pastor because it allows me to be a builder of people, not just a builder of buildings.<\/p>\n
9. I love being a pastor because I know fulfilling that calling is a rare gift and God has given it to me.<\/p>\n
10. I love being a pastor because even those who treat me with disrespect are people God loves and I need to love too. This is a discipline. It doesn\u2019t come easy.<\/p>\n
11. I love being a pastor because it allows me to invest my life in something that I know will outlive it: the church of Jesus Christ and the cause of the gospel.<\/p>\n
12. I love being a pastor because it helps me see past the current events and the day\u2019s headlines to realize God is at work.<\/p>\n
13. I love being a pastor because it gives me opportunities to carry on conversations with people in everyday normal places.<\/p>\n
14. I love being a pastor because it allows me to use my gifts and abilities in the best way I possibly can.<\/p>\n
15. I love being a pastor because it\u2019s a God-ordained office, one that the world desperately needs. We need good ones, loving ones, ones who are sold-out to the gospel of Jesus Christ, ones who are committed to love people, and I love being a part of that group.<\/p>\n
These are just some of the reasons I love being a pastor. Let me hear from you. Why do you love it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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