Has the Pastor become a God?
Throughout my life I have always heard about the role of the Pastor. The pastor is the Shepard of the flock, who guides the sheep (the followers) to the way of life which God has for them. These people with the role of the Pastor always sound to be in a higher position than they rest of the followers and I don’t think that is right.
Keep in mind that I am making statements about my personal experiences. I have in the past watched people praise the Pastor of the church as if they were God Himself. I guess they forget the passage in the Bible, “for all have fallen short of the glory of God”. I would think they would take into consideration the headlines in the news about the pastors and priest who have went to jail and got in trouble with the law because of their problems that they have faced in their personal lives. I am not mentioning this to bring them down, but to show that they are just like you and me.
I think it is important to notice this issue so we don’t put these people in this role in a position that they can’t handle. When we do this, I believe we put them above God. Not to mention how this can cause us to feel as if we have no part to God’s purpose in this life.
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It may be a problem caused by the “Shepard” metaphor. The shepard guides his flock and protects them from harm, but also shears them and eventually takes them to slaughter. The shepard holds the lives and deaths of his flock in his hands and his will.
People are sheep in many ways; they will find or create and absolute authority figure – but one fallible enough to be manipulated. It must be hard for a pastor to “serve” as opposed to “rule” his congregation when both is own ego and the desire of the flock are working against him.
I heard a pastor refer to himself as merely an “usher.” Someone who ushers people into the presence of God….just like the ushers usher you into the performance at the symphony. I like that image much better…more accurately reflects their role and their equality with the rest of the flock.
Yeah I like “usher” better as well.