If a man is to become a pastor, he must have this holy desire. He must not be a shepherd of the flock by compulsion, but because he desires it willingly.(1st Peter 5: 2) He is not to be a man looking for dishonest gain, but rather, eagerly serving. There should be a real and sustained desire and love for God’s people; His sheep. Then, too, where there is a desire for the office of an elder or bishop or overseer, for the words are used interchangeably in the Bible, he must understand that it is a work. It is a good work, a noble work, that he desires to do. So what I want to overview this afternoon is the relationship of desire, as to how a man becomes and continues to be a true pastor of God’s people. I want to give you 3 observations on desire, and how it relates to a man becoming a pastor.
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Pastor Paul Rendall was born in November of 1951, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college at Drake University and the University of Iowa where he received a B.A. degree in Social Work and History in 1974. Paul searched for truth in all the wrong places in college, but...
