“So, what do you want to be when you grow up?” Some kids know what they want to be and some kids are still thinking about it. Young man, what do YOU want to be? You may be thinking about being an engineer, but I have something for you that has been tried and tested and proven to work every time. I want you to become a preacher.
“Mr. David, why should I want to be a preacher?” Here’s one answer: You get to serve the Lord’s church every day as part of your job!
The best people on earth are God’s people! In most jobs, you would be working with people of the world. As a preacher, you get to help people of the world become God’s people, and then you get to be with them and serve them every day. And I really mean that you “get to”—it is a privilege…an exciting privilege! Jesus said that it is “more blessed to give than to receive” (Acts 20:35). Doing for others is better than others doing for you! The world thinks that’s backwards, but Jesus knows “better.” Paul said doing good for others was “the very thing which I was eager to do” (Gal. 2:10). It is the best life…and the best job!
Preachers get to attend almost every church activity (except for the ladies’ stuff) and hang out with church people.
Preachers get to be a part of setting up, helping out and cleaning up various church events. And sometimes they get to be involved in planning them and putting them together for the church.
Preachers get to work with awesome, godly elders and deacons to create opportunities for the congregation to evangelize, grow, fellowship, worship and serve others.
Preachers get to visit with people in their homes, at restaurants, at their jobs, in the hospital, in nursing homes or wherever they are.
Preachers get to attend funerals to comfort those who are hurting.
Preachers get to sit down with people who are hurting and try to help them through it.
Preachers get to be like Barnabas and encourage God’s people as they walk with Jesus.
Do you remember what I said about people joking with you, when you’re a preacher, that preachers only work on Sundays and Wednesday nights? That’s not funny (or true)! Real preachers for Jesus love to be like Jesus—not looking “to be served, but to serve” (Matt. 20:28)! It’s the BEST life!
Young man, you should be a preacher because you get to serve the church every day! You can’t engineer anything better than that! (Parents and grandparents, please share this with the young men in your family.)