Are We Ready?

Sometimes I wonder if we really understand what we are getting ourselves into. One could argue that our entire lives in ministry will be Christian service. Sometimes I wonder if we are really prepared for it.

If we are going to be in ministry we need to get used to God asking us to take giant leaps of faith. God will call us to do crazy things, especially in Christian service. As ministers God will ask us to do things that we would not usually expect in order to help people. As Christians we need to be willing to follow God and do what he commands, especially as ministers. If we expect to be in ministry we need to get use to this now. As ministers we will be expected to put others and their needs before our own. God will ask us to go out of our way to help people. We will be challenged everyday. Think about it: people with problems will come to us for advice, we will be the ones to lead others to Christ, others will call upon us come and pray when a family member or friend is in the hospital , we will be constantly held to a higher standard than others, we will be judged harshly if we mess up and our daily lives will be scrutinized. Are we really ready for this?

We really need to seriously consider these things. Because if we are not ready for the difficult career we have chosen we need to admit it now. In Luke 9:62 Jesus said "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God." Once we have become ministers there is no turning back.

With this being said I believe that we have matured a lot since we first came here. The year is challenging. Most, if not all, of us are struggling with something but God is using our challenges to make us better people. I believe with persistence and perseverance we will be able to be better servants.

Let us get used to Christian service now. I believe if we volunteer for as many things as we can we will be better equipped to serve God. Because our entire life's work that we have chosen is built around God and Christian service.