3. Find Safety in Servants
There are other servants to whom you can look for safety. Many of these servants would be honored to walk alongside you in your loneliness. In fact, other people in ministry are often the safest people to open up to. They’ve experienced your struggles. They know the trap of loneliness. In ministry, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
4. Find Satisfaction in Serving
It continues to be true that one of the best ways to get “out of a rut” is to simply serve. Sometimes ministry jobs are all about serving, so we fail to serve out of the overflow of our hearts. Perhaps you should evaluate where you are serving that doesn’t have anything to do with your job expectations. Press into it. Not to just be more busy, but to be busy doing the right things.
Loneliness has done more damage than perhaps any other weapon formed against pastors. Knowing that, it’s time to evaluate your loneliness. And then step into action correcting the problem. You’ll be so glad you did!
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