God's role for Pastoral Leaders

Be responsive to your pastoral leaders. Listen to their counsel. They are alert to the condition of your lives and work under the strict supervision of God. Contribute to the joy of their leadership, not its drudgery. Why would you want to make things harder for them?

Heb 13:17 (MSG)

One of the challenges of ministry is that we often can have too many who think they should set the agenda for what we do.  I am not an employee of my church I am their Shepherd.  My boss, the person who sets my agenda and give my job description is God.
While that may seem arrogant it is not intended to be so.  God has great expectations for His under shepherds.  The Message paraphrase of Hebrews 13.17 I think is a great place to begin to be reminded of what God's role is for us.  Here is our job description from God (based on Hebrews 13.17).

1. Be a leader.
2. Counsel others in life, ministry, family, and Spiritual growth.
3. Pay attention to and understand the conditions in the lives of God's people
4. Obey God.
5. Serve with joy in everything.
6. Don't get bogged down in stuff that will make ministry a drudgery.

Enjoy Serving Him!