Calling - Employment

 “The will of the Lord concerning pastors is made known through the prayerful judgment of His church.”  Lectures to my Students by C. H. Spurgeon

In High School I was a janitor (Environmental Services Associate if you want to be politically correct) on two different occasions.  I am convinced that if I used either of those employers for references I could not get another job as a janitor.  To put it simply, I stink at janitoring (I think I made that word up).  It wasn’t that I didn’t work hard, I grew up working hard.  Overall I have a pretty good work ethic.  It wasn’t that I didn’t show up or that I was always late, during my lifetime when I have had to punch a clock, I show up on time 95% of the time (that might actually be low).  What was the problem?  The problem is simple, I simply can’t do the job the way people want it done.

There are times in ministry when a pastor has to clean up.  When that time comes, I do the job the best I can, but I usually need help to do it well.  Fortunately that is not what I was hired for, there are other parts of my job that are much more important.  I was hired to teach students, develop discipleship systems, raise up leaders, and make sure students are growing spiritually at The Rock.  Over the years I have seen a lot of guys say they wanted to be youth pastors.  They have good intentions and I believe that God will use them.  What they need to figure out is whether they are called.

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