WHY MINISTERS FAIL
Ministerial failure is one of the greatest problems which the Church is grappling with today. There are instances of failure in the lives of ministers of the gospel. Since failure has become endemic, we need to critically examine reasons for failure in the ministry.
Deliverance From Failure
One of the greatest threats to modern man is the fear of failure. Nobody wants to fail; everyone wants to succeed. Whenever failure is mentioned a lot of people panic. Failure is so dreaded that many people have attempted suicide after experiencing failure in some areas of life’s endeavours.
If there is one area where failure has been all pervading, it is in the area of ministerial assignment. The truth is that if there is one area where-success has not been so easy to achieve, it is in the area of the ministry. Why is this so? It is simply because it demands a great deal of hard work, uncommon persistence, possession of unique talents, virtues, and skills as well as a great passion for succeeding.
In spite of the odds, the engineering profession, medicine, law and other disciplines are easier to practice than the work of the ministry. The reasons are not farfetched. As a minister you have to combine your interpersonal skills with spiritual qualities if you must relate properly and effectively with those placed under your care. Your members obviously need social, financial, intellectual and psychological help as they go through hard times or face the challenges of life. However, their needs are not limited to the physical realm. It is your responsibility to help them.
Also, as their spiritual fattier, you are supposed to help them, solve life’s inexplicable riddles. You are also expected to arm them with the weapon necessary for fighting and winning life’s battles.
REASON FOR FAILURE
When we survey the entire gamut of the ministerial landscape, we shall discover that quite a number of ministers have failed in their duties and responsibilities. Many ministers have recorded monumental failure In their ministries. They start and before they can get to the middle of fulfilling their vision, failure has sent them packing and they have hit the list of casualties of ministerial failure.
The failure of a number of ministers can be traced to laziness. and inability to abide by the divine blueprint. Others who have also failed are victims of ancestral curses or embargoes placed on their family lines. In some families members are prone to failure, be they engineers. businessmen or career civil servants. Those who come from such families will fail even if they are ministers of the gospel.
Whenever failure is entrenched in the root of a particular family. the members will fail even if they move from secular business to the work of ministry.
Another reason why people fail can be traced to their neglect of little things. If you gloss over little things saying that it does not really matter, you will harvest failure sooner or later. ‘There is nothing insignificant’ says a writer. What you call insignificant are exactly the same things that can be put together for a harvest of failure to be in place. Little drops of water make a mighty ocean. If the devil knows that you may not fail in important areas of life, he will try to cajole you to allow insignificant things and consequently fail thereafter.
No matter what is the cause of failure in your own life, you can, indeed, experience total deliverance from failure. If you have failed in the past you don’t have to fail again. If your ancestors have been crippled with failure you don’t have to experience failure. If powers from the pit of hell have vowed that your ministry will fail woefully, you can prove them
wrong by succeeding where others fail and making it where others are busy dropping out of the ministerial race.
THE ORPHAN
Remember, failure is an orphan. Nobody wants to associate with failure. Everyone wants to succeed. You must fight the battle against failure and ensure that the word “FAILURE” is completely erased from every facet of your life and ministry.
The truth is that you can only overcome failure and succeed in your ministerial calling when you are completely set free from every influence from the spirit of failure. Even when you have experienced deliverance from ministerial failure you must keep on fighting against failure in every department of your life.
