Leadership requires ongoing involvement
Dr. Roberto Miranda
SUMMARY: Being a pastor or ministry leader requires a lot of time, passion, and investment in people. It is a long-term project that involves continuous contact with key leaders and imparting the vision to them. Jesus used this method of living, walking, and ministering with his disciples to deeply mark them with his vision. Pastoral work requires a high personal price and ongoing involvement from the senior leader. The leader must be clear about the vision and persist in aligning all aspects of ministry with it. Jehoshaphat understood this and invested a lot of time and energy in continually implementing the vision for a godly nation.
The task of pastoring a flock or managing a ministry in the church is not a matter of a few hours invested here and there; especially when looking to impart a vision and mark a group with a certain spiritual sensitivity. The leader is required to invest a lot of time and passion in the project. Successful ministries are built for the long term, one intervention at a time, dealing directly with the people. Maintain close contact with key leaders. It is necessary to impart the anointing and the mark of the servant of God to them through continuous contact.
That is the method that Jesus used. During the years of his ministry, he lived, walked, and ministered with his disciples until he marked them deeply with his vision. Finally, the work of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost sealed the teachings received from the Master, and allowed the disciples to minister in the power and style of the Lord.
Throughout my ministry, I have found that pastorate comes with a high personal price. In reality, any leadership that has vision or purpose requires ongoing involvement from the senior leader. There are no shortcuts! It requires the total and incessant investment of our life. It is necessary to maintain a direct and personal involvement with those we want to form with the vision that we have received from God. The ministerial field has to be continuously irrigated. Leaders have to be insistently marked with the original vision.
The leader has to be clear about what God has communicated to him. You need to know for sure what type of ministry you are going to build. You have to determine what specific directives you have received from the Holy Spirit, and what sensitivity to impart to your followers. It has to stay true to the original vision. It is necessary to persist in the elements that compose it despite opposition and criticism, delays and complications, and even personal failures. All aspects of ministry need to be aligned with the essential vision. Each activity or decision must reflect the essential values of that vision.
Jehoshaphat evidently understood this. That's why he invested a lot of time and energy in continually turning the town around, despite residing in the kingdom's capital. We can imagine the dynamic young king, periodically setting out from Jerusalem with a retinue of his chief officers early in the morning, to go on horseback to some part of the country. It was necessary to ensure that the vision of a godly nation, governed by the principles of Jehovah's Law, was being implemented and rooted in the sensibilities of its people.
That is the method that Jesus used. During the years of his ministry, he lived, walked, and ministered with his disciples until he marked them deeply with his vision. Finally, the work of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost sealed the teachings received from the Master, and allowed the disciples to minister in the power and style of the Lord.
Throughout my ministry, I have found that pastorate comes with a high personal price. In reality, any leadership that has vision or purpose requires ongoing involvement from the senior leader. There are no shortcuts! It requires the total and incessant investment of our life. It is necessary to maintain a direct and personal involvement with those we want to form with the vision that we have received from God. The ministerial field has to be continuously irrigated. Leaders have to be insistently marked with the original vision.
The leader has to be clear about what God has communicated to him. You need to know for sure what type of ministry you are going to build. You have to determine what specific directives you have received from the Holy Spirit, and what sensitivity to impart to your followers. It has to stay true to the original vision. It is necessary to persist in the elements that compose it despite opposition and criticism, delays and complications, and even personal failures. All aspects of ministry need to be aligned with the essential vision. Each activity or decision must reflect the essential values of that vision.
Jehoshaphat evidently understood this. That's why he invested a lot of time and energy in continually turning the town around, despite residing in the kingdom's capital. We can imagine the dynamic young king, periodically setting out from Jerusalem with a retinue of his chief officers early in the morning, to go on horseback to some part of the country. It was necessary to ensure that the vision of a godly nation, governed by the principles of Jehovah's Law, was being implemented and rooted in the sensibilities of its people.
