The Call For A New Pastor
“They who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.”
Isaiah 40:31
Our parish has been waiting for the Lord to call a new pastor for nine months. That’s how long it takes for a baby to be born!
You would think that would be enough time to find the right person for the job. But searching for a new pastor is not the same as bringing a baby into the world. There is no set gestation period.
Instead, the call committee must carefully negotiate a series of steps before the interviews can begin, and then each interview must be arranged taking into account the individual circumstances of a number of people.
Every call process is unique and requires patience on the part of the committee and the congregation. The success is to keep trusting the Lord to find the right person for this call.
This is the Lord’s work that we are doing. It is his church that needs a pastor, and we need to believe that he will supply a shepherd for his flock.
In the meantime we must cling to the promise that Isaiah gives us in this text that!!
They who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength!! The people Isaiah was writing to waited for seventy years to be restored to their homeland. Hopefully, our wait won't be as long as that! But however long it takes we know that our Lord is watching over this process and that he will complete the good work which he has begun in this parish.
To God alone is glory.
Your servant in Christ,
Pastor Tom