Dear Pastor,
I have a confession to make: I don’t really know what I am doing.
Don’t get me wrong. I have been trained. I have completed A LOT of schooling and I regularly read books and articles. On top of that, I have over 20 years of ministry experience.
But the reality is that I don’t know exactly what it takes to reach a lost person or lead a particular Christian to a point of full surrender and consecration to the Lord and I don’t really know the perfect way to schedule my day or how to build a church.
I have a lot of ideas. And some of them work (and many don’t!). I have had the privilege of praying with people to be saved and to surrender to the Lord and I have seen groups/churches grow, but I have also seen my efforts fall short and I don’t always know why.
Furthermore, when things seem out of my control and beyond my ability, I am tempted to get angry or reactionary or even to doubt my call and second-guess my personal value.
But God reminds me that I don’t have to know what I am doing, and I don’t have to have it all in my control but I just have to trust Him and take it one day at a time.
I have to be careful to learn from others but not to compare myself to them.
I hope that you and I as God-called and God-ordained pastors, will trust God and pray for and minister to the person God puts in front of us. I hope and pray we will not lose our hope or joy and that we will trust God for the outcome.
Please know that whatever you are facing you don’t face it alone (God and His church and His under-shepherds are for you!) and lastly I want you to know that you are accomplishing more than you think you are simply by being willing and available.
Keep anticipating great things from our miracle-working God!
Christ is with us, Christ is in us!
Mike J
Pastor Michael Johnson 