02/05/2023
FIVE THINGS YOU MUST EXPERIENCE AS A PASTOR :
1● WITHDRAWAL OF FOLLOWERS
You must understand that you don't have permanent members, you see those people shouting halleluyah amen ?
they are not permanent and they can leave you without thinking twice.,
so build around God and forget followers.
2● BETRAYAL FROM FRIENDS
Don't trust anyone who claims friendship with you, even trusting yourself is DANGEROUS.
Do not talk of others, Don't think everyone is loving, caring, reliable like you.
Those people you are parading as friends can shock you without looking back.
Build around God and forget friends
3● REJECTION FROM YOUR SENIORS
If you have never experienced rejection from those ahead in Ministry, then you are a learner.
Not that they are evil or don't love you,
it's just that your not in their class and you don't belong in their groups. So thinking they will just incorporate you easily, then you are a joker. Seniors in Ministry can relate well with you when they see something they can collect or that will benefit them no matter how little it is. Stop pursuing after them because of results, build capacity, build your personality, develop your Ministry, soon they will seek for you !
4● SILENCE FROM HEAVEN
This one is very common, it's not that you committed any sin, God has his reasons for this, even in the Bible there was silence periods. Between Malachi and Matthew, there is an empty space, that is what divides Old Testament from New Testament, "IT'S CALLED SILENT PERIODS " It was 430 years without a word from God. If you are a Pastor and you have never gone through this silent periods, then your calling is questionable. Yes you have prayed, fasted, sacrificed, done everything recommended by the Bible, spiritual fathers and mothers, mentors and seniors and even friends in Ministry, yet no result and God is not speaking. He is in using you to speak to people but he is silent in your matter, it's called SILENT PERIOD