All the pastors I know eventually get overtaken by the office. It becomes everything to them. I mean it consumes them because it is a full time job throughout their lives. You can’t take a vacation from being a pastor. You can neither sleep nor rest. Once you enter it, it is stronger than your marriage or your love for your parent or your children. Sometime if the pastor is not careful, the job takes him away from God. He wouldn’t even know it. Eli was a good pastor. Samuel was a good pastor too.

David was greater than both of them. Jesus is the best and Jesus is no pastor. Na teacher. David was a pastor not a teacher. The best pastor in the old testament was David. The worst was Eli. In the new Testament, the best Pastors were those who stayed in touch with their teacher. Titus, Timothy, Lazarus, etc had their strong connection with Paul. Paul was not a pastor. He was a teacher. He helps pastors keep their center. They also help him keep his center. A teacher is more concerned about the pastors. The pastor is more concerned about the flock. The teacher however is a member of the flock too so, the
cycle is complete. I am writing this now because we are growing. So we must understand how this works
and replicate it. Pastors on their own can easily become a cult. Without a teacher or teachers they will go astray with their religious dogma. Teachers on their own are disruptors, they need to lead and be led in that delicate balance. All the other offices are given the right balance when these roles are properly
fulfilled and balanced.