Today’s Thought “I Want to Preach!” G. Ward

 

Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable to endure all his words.” Amos 7:10

 

It’s most certainly a question of intrigue while compelling young people to share their life’s ambition. The responses from small children are mostly whimsical at best in that, rarely is one certain of anything while very young. By the time of adolescence, great appeasement is then vocalized from the teenager. Theirs seeks to express character and due diligence, through expressed ambition. If they’re your own progeny, they understand your plight of living vicariously through them and say what you want vs. what’s suitable to pursue.

The minster’s calling to fulfill is marred with a portrayal of monetary success. It’s amazingly the driving force to many who have pursued the righteous code given man and then have an ability to stand in the presence of small and large groups, sharing discourses that must be motivational. It’s said that a little knowledge concerning matter can be dangerous. Although we see prophet after prophet faced with sharing an unadulterated message from Holy God, with great pronouncements of death, gloom and doom, many called supposedly seek to motivate. Moreover, we ‘ve witnessed New Testament church leaders persecuted, stoned, shipwrecked, left for starvation, without monies (cf. 2 Cor. 11:21-29), etc., and fail miserably at seeing that God called them to the entirety of that. But, you’ll wait for your Little Johnny to recite his speech at the next children’s function at church, to echo an ageless urging of, “Dat boy gon be a preacha!” Will he too be commissioned to an eminent death?

Happy Monday!