If you’re like most pastors, you are tired. Exhausted may be more like it. One survey said that 84 percent of all pastors say they are on call 24/7.
If that’s you, you need to know it is unsustainable. It’s also why I have urged pastors for years to create margin in their lives.
What is margin? Margin is the space between your load and your limits.
We all have limits. You may be a pastor—but you’re not God. You’re not invincible.
Sadly, as human beings we’re not very adept at recognizing those limits. We constantly overestimate our abilities and underestimate obstacles and how much time it will take to do something.
On top of that, we live in a culture that constantly tells pastors, “You can do it all! You can have it all! You can be whatever you want!”
But it’s not true. You can be all that God wants you to be, but you cannot be whatever you want to be. There are limits in your life.
Understanding those limits…
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