Pastor’s will fail you, I should know, I’ve been one. This is not to say that pastor’s are bad, they aren’t, but they are people, and people fail. I think too often we put pastor’s on an unhealthy pedestal and then when it turns out that they have the same flaws like everyone else and they hurt others the same way that everyone else does, we are somehow more offended, as if a pastor should be super human.

I hate to admit, but many pastors have failed me over the years. I have watched men I respect preach messages with clear non-biblical motives while sprinkling in just enough scripture to fool most people into thinking its a Biblical message. I have served pastors so wrapped up in themselves and their world that they lacked time and focus to really help in my development as a Christ follower and leader. I have had pastors that lacked any Kingdom mindedness because they were only interested in their small part of the world.

The truth is this. Pastors are still people, and people (all people) screw up and act selfishly at times. All pastors will hurt someone that they are trying to lead, that is an irrevocable truth. So, we must not put our hope in pastors, we must put our hope in Jesus. He will not fail.

It is good to have people that we look up to and respect. It is good to sit under sound Biblical teaching. However, our main source of inspiration to love God, our main source of learning about God and our main source of how we connect with God must always be God Himself. He is our source. There is no pastor or leader that can properly fill that role.

Pastors will fail you, Jesus will not. Follow Jesus.