Why We Care So Much

This has been rolling around in my head for some time now due to a comment made to me. Someone asked me why the pastor and pastor's wife or youth pastor and his wife care so much about what happens in their church member's life. It astounded me that the question was asked! Really?! Aren't we supposed to care? Aren't we commanded by God to care? It's quite frankly funny to have that attitude because some people leave a church saying that no one cares at the church. Yet, when we do check on them and why they are missing church, when we do try to help them in their walk with the Lord, when we reprove them over their sin (also commanded by God), they also get offended and say we are over bearing and in their business TOO much and sometimes leave the church. It is a double edged sword. 

Here's some help to understand why we care so much. Besides the command that we are supposed to, people enter ministry life to minister to others. This includes helping them in their spiritual growth, their mental state of mind, their physical needs, and to help them be all that they can be for the glory of God. When you see someone start skipping church, the warning bells go off in your heart and mind telling you that someone is headed for trouble. When you see them pushing lines or graying up lines that is commanded in Scripture, warning bells go off. When you see them participating in sinful things or allowing the world and worldly friends to influence them, warning bells go off. Your heart breaks because you do not want to see someone go through trials and heartaches that their decisions will most certainly bring. 

It is basically the same philosophy that goes along with parenthood. God gives this congregation of church members to your care.
It is your responsibility to teach them, reprove them, rebuke them, encourage them in life and in the Word of God, train them to be good and productive servants for the Lord, and to help one another. When your child messes up it grieves your heart to the very core. It is the same for those in leadership positions at the church. We lay in bed at night and cannot sleep because someone in their church is hurting physically, mentally, or spiritually.  

This is why we care so much! Also, the pastor will stand before God some day and give an account for how he lead. 

Just some helpful thoughts of why we seem to care and get in your business too much.