[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

If God wants what is best for us, and He is the one who has instituted ministry, shouldn't ministry be invigorating and not draining? I would think, and there is some experience speaking here, that doing the work that God has designed you for would be an experience that would fulfill you and leave you feeling better about yourself, your world, and most of all, God. And yes, this means the converse must also be true. If what you're doing is draining you and burning you out, IMO, that's not God's will for your life. Change direction because that isn't His plan for you. I do believe that organized religion as it is set up in most places in the US is not quite what He had in mind. I blame the extremely high rate of minister burn out on this.

Agreed.