Topic: Blind Spots in
Pastors
Greetings Firstborn Sons:
First let me say this is not a message to single out nor
bash pastors but to make leaders aware that we must be cognoscente of our blind
spots that we are leading the people of God in the ways of the Lord. So what are some common blind spots in
Pastors:
1. Building the local church without
building the City Church
Simply put there is a focus on building the local church and
no attention paid to building the Corporate church or Body of Christ in the
city. Haggai 1:3-5 speaks of how the
nation focused on their local houses while the Temple, the Lord’s house at that
time, laid in waste.
2. Title-Driven
When we are driven by titles, it is a indication of
insecurities. We must be called or
desire to be called Apostle, Bishop, Dr. Revereend…etc.
3. Talking Down to People
When we exalt ourselves over the people and in turn lord
over them which is a manifestation of pride.
And in this pride there is a belief that one cannot make a mistake. As a
result we make people feel lower than us.
4. Missing Fellowship and Gatherings
This is evident when there is a failure to gather the
household and/or the Body of Christ in the City. You absent yourself for no reason. There must be a commitment and understanding
to the importance of the gathering to the manifestation of the Corporate Son in
the city.
5. Building the Church Based on Felt
Need
Common blind spot that people build the church based on
their perceived ideas of what they think the people want. It is a church that caters to the
marketplace and what they believe the marketplace desires, not how the Lord
orders, builds and sustains. (Story of
the Reign of Jeroboam)
6. Move too Slow
When God tells us to move we must learn to move with haste
and urgency. One of the beautiful
Scriptures to illustrate this is Psalm 18:33: He maketh my feet like the hinds’
feet and setteth me upon my high places.
7. Over Symbolism and Mysticism
This one is very common in denominational churches where
they take things that the Lord made as a type and shadow and over-mystify and
give extra meaning to the symbol and not the reality. This also is caused by the inability to read
types and shadows accurately
8. Inaccurate Relationships
This one is a big one.
Pastors should be careful of who they make covenant relationships
with. All relationships should be
ordained by the Lord. If not, the people
they make covenant with could be the very ones that fight the current move of
God in this season and you would be in “covenant” with them working against
God.
9. Self-Centeredness
When the praise of men come up and you heap those praises to
yourself and exalt yourself because of them, pride is built and then instead of
serving the people with humility you become selfish and ask the people to serve
you.
10.
Fighting
Present-Day Apostles
Very common, especially if you do not believe in there being
apostles today. Simply put Apostles are
the “Sent Ones” and are wise master builders of the House of God. To reject today’s apostles is to reject the
instruction of the Lord as it pertains to advancing His Kingdom and building
His House.
11.
Inaccurate
Vision and Purpose
Know what you are called to do and stay in your lane. Do not desire to be more and do more than
what God has graced you to do. Beware of
being overly ambitious that your will begins to override God’s will and you
move out of the grace of God given to you.
12.
Absence
of a Personal Devotional Life
Many believe they could just study on Friday and Saturday
and do a “sermon” on Saturday or Sermon.
Or you can just go to “Bible College or School” and be taught all you
need to know to become a pastor. You
need a personal devoted life to the Lord that He can instruct you and give you
wisdom on what He desires for you to do.
You will be surprised what the Lord will show you that a teaching
institution cannot. I am not bashing
seminaries but keep in mind you are being taught from someone else’s
perspective and if their perspective is in error, so will you. You must learn from the Father and know that
the House of God is built on personal relationship not theology.
We, even leaders, need to remain in the teachable and
correctable position as the Lord shows us these inaccuracies within us that we
may grow according to His grace and not man’s will. Blind Spots are real because we can look at
the current state of the church and its divisiveness and see these blind spots
and how the enemy has used them to ravage the church. Those who desire to have the veil removed to
see these blind spots, I pray that whatever the Lord shows you, you accept it,
repent and move with haste in the opposite direction in your life. There is no room for being sentimental and
emotional when it comes to your spiritual well-being. I pray that you have been blessed by this
teaching and may His grace and peace abound unto you.
Love,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
