Ministry leaders typically become consumed by their work. Outside of the ministry, they don’t have a life. No “civilian” friends outside the ministry. Maybe no non-Christian friends at all. They lose touch with how regular everyday people think, feel, hurt — and how their affections are swayed. So they trust their own instincts (sometimes hanging their opinions on God’s influence, although it’s probably dirty pool to blame Him) — or they trust Mom’s. They feel they are leading a ministry, but in fact they are flying blind. Circumstances are guiding them, not the other way around.
Jesus modeled something quite different. Matthew 11:19 reads, “The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and “sinners.” Get to know some people outside of your ministry surroundings – and maybe your ministry will gain focus and fruit.
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