Today’s Thought “A Pastor’s Attitude” G. Ward

 

1 Peter 5:3  “Not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock.”

 

While the corporate leader can be known for their generosity in spirit or perceivably aloof onto those subordinate, every believer, including those who shepherd God’s flock are compelled to live as Jesus did. His rule is gentle and caring (vs.7).

Pastoral genre exercised is without godly permission (*Ac.6:4) and every congregation can’t impose democracy on its membership (cf.*Tit.1:1-3). Holy God remains our Great Shepherd. Altogether and most imperative for immediate implementation is proper stewardship of Holy God’s demand for our individual lives (found in HIS word); disquieting every notion of what a pastor ought to be doing. Assessment without interrogation of what the Manual says will soon witness the device’s ineffectiveness and unproductivity (2 Pe.1:5-9).