A Leadership Journal interview with Craig Groeschel and Kyle Idleman. Pastors are no strangers to the concept of good things replacing God as the object of a worshiper's attention. But what does this look like when church is the 'idol' a pastor is venerating? There is a ripple effect when the church takes God's place in our lives. Being a pastor can breed insecurity, and we have to find our identity in Christ, just like anybody else. My identity is not in my church calling. My identity is as a child of God, and I must really drive that into my heart until I believe it rather than the opposition. Billy Hybels said, "The way I was doing God's work was destroying the work of God in me."