“So, what do you want to be when you grow up?” People keep asking you that question, don’t they? Including me! Well, I’m only going to ask you one more time: Young man, what do YOU want to be? You may be thinking about being a firefighter, but I have something for you that will save more people from an eternal fire. I want you to become a preacher.
“Mr. David, why should I want to be a preacher?” Here’s one answer: You get to help people go to heaven!
You could get a job that helps people buy a house, or helps people with their computer, or helps people get an education, or helps people to stop being sick, or helps people with their finances, or helps people with their legal troubles, or helps people when they are in danger. All of these are good things to do, and I appreciate those who do them (and many other good works)! But not everyone needs these services listed here, but EVERYONE you ever meet needs to go to heaven! EVERYONE!
The Bible says that “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:23). So how can one be saved from sin? Later in the same book, Paul said (pay attention to this), “Whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?” (Rom. 10:13-14). Without a what? Without a preacher!
Preachers get to help those who are lost to be converted to Christ and saved from their sins by being baptized into Christ (Mark 16:15-16; Matt. 28:19-20). There is NOTHING on this earth more fulfilling than that!
Preachers get to help those who are saved to “finish the course” and “keep the faith” (2 Tim. 4:7), so that they can receive “the crown of life” (Rev. 2:10). There is NOTHING more fulfilling than that!
Paul told his fellow Christians that there was nothing that would bring him more “rejoicing” than all of them “in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming” (1 Thess. 2:19), so that together they could “always be with the Lord” in heaven (4:17). Going to heaven together is ALL that matters!
Young man, you should be a preacher because you get to help people go to heaven! There’s nothing more fulfilling than saving someone from the eternal fire of hell and helping them spend an eternity with Jesus! The world needs preachers! More preachers! The church needs preachers! More preachers! I pray that YOU will be one! You will love it! (Parents and grandparents, please share this with the young men in your family. They won’t find it on their own.)