A simple lesson I’ve learned since becoming a church planter…you think you know but you just don’t. Here is what I mean.

When I served as the Executive Pastor at The Connection Church in Kyle, I worked my tail off. I did things that caused stress, made mistakes, and dealt with every kind of issue you could name.

And because of that, I thought I understood my lead Pastors job pretty well.

WRONGO.

Staff and team members, as a fresh pastor just out of a staff role let me say this: you might think you get it but you just don’t. Trust me.

Your lead pastor experiences stress, emotional struggles, fear, worry, doubt, and a bucket full of other things like nobody else on staff. Its a WHOLE NUTHA LEVEL of nasty, no matter how put together he looks each day at the office.

You can’t possibly understand it. Some of you reading this are getting mad. That’s fine. I don’t expect you to get it. But if you ever become the lead pastor of a church…you will.

Here is something you can do: PRAY. Pray your stinking guts out for your pastor. Pray for his marriage, his kids, his stress levels, his worry, his doubt, his fear, his relationship with Christ, and his leadership.

Then, ask God what you can do to help your pastor the most and go for it.

THAT will build a great church.

(Cole, if you are reading this, I understand now. Love you bro.)