What Your Pastor Is Doing Today

Do you ever wonder what your pastor does every day?

You may see him on Sunday morning, in the pulpit, preaching a sermon.

What about the rest of the week? What does he do?

Here’s one man’s take on that.

The following is a letter written by a 61-year old father, an itinerant evangelist who spent thousands of hours in hundreds of churches, to his 34-year old son, a college professor, who is considering a call to become the pastor of a church:

“Now I want you to remember a few things about the pastorate.

“Being a pastor today involves more than merely preaching and teaching.

“You will be the comforter of the fatherless and the widow. You will counsel constantly with those whose hearts are broken. You will have to handle a divorce problem and a thousand marital details, divorces, and situations.

“You will have to exhort and advise young people involved in sordid and illicit sex, with drugs and violence. You will have to visit the hospitals, the shut-ins, the elderly. A mountain of problems will be laid on your shoulders and at your doorstep.

“And then there is the heartache of ministering to a weak, carnal, and worldly apathetic group of professing Christians, very few of whom will be found trustworthy and dependable.

“Then there will be a hundred administrative responsibilities as a pastor. You are the generator and sometimes the janitor. The church will look to you for guidance in building programs, in church growth, in youth activities, in outreach, and in extra services.

“You will be called upon to arbitrate all kinds of problems.

“At times, you will feel the weight of the world on your shoulders. Many pastors have broken under the strain.

“If the Lord has called you, these things will not deter you or dismay you, but I wanted you to know the whole picture.

“As in all our Lord’s work, there will be a thousand compensations.

“You will see the people trust Christ as Savior and Lord. You will see these people grow in the knowledge of Christ in His Word. You will witness saints enabled by your preaching to face all manner of tests. You will see God at work in human lives.

“And there is no joy comparable to this.

“Just ask yourself, son, if you are prepared, not only to preach and teach, but also to weep over men’s souls, to care for the sick and dying, and to bear the burdens carried today by the saints of God.”

Source: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3816317742010359

That’s what your pastor is doing today and tomorrow and the next day.

How can you help? Pray for him, as often as you can.