The Cure for an Unsustainable Pace in Ministry [EP:117]

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Are you running from one thing to the next? Has the pace of life and ministry become unsustainable?  It is so easy to constantly be on the go, to always be "on" and available and many pastors and ministry leaders are feeling the impact. Maybe you do too. Maybe you know that you are running yourself into the ground. You are keenly aware that you can’t keep it up much longer. It’s not a question of loving God or even loving what you do...it’s a matter of the relentless pace in which you are doing it.</span></p> <h3>You can be unrelenting in your love for Jesus, your commitment to sharing the gospel and serving your ministry organization without a relentless pace.</h3> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You probably know that deep inside. You know that you were not meant to go like the energizer bunny. You were not designed to keep your foot on the gas and keep going no matter what. That’s what gets celebrated in our culture...it’s what is valued and praised...it is even what gets promoted in the church as a caring, Jesus-loving, committed leader.</span></p> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But, you weren’t meant for constant activity and commitments, even good and Godly ones. So what do you do? How do you fix it? What’s the cure for an unsustainable pace? The answer is simple but not easy. </span></p> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you want to solve the problem of an unsustainable pace, the solution is to have a sustainable one. That’s right...If you want a sustainable pace in ministry, you need to create a sustainable pace in ministry.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Now, if you’re like me you think, well, duh. That’s a no brainer, except, is it? For whatever reason we somehow just want the pace to slow down without doing anything differently.</span></p> <h3> </h3> <h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">We desperately want the pace to change, but we aren’t willing to change the pace. </span></h3> <p>