I feel called to go into the ministry but I do not have a burning desire to do so. I love my faith and I love helping others. I would not mind serving but I am not sure why there is a disconnect in me between feeling required to serve and having a desire to serve. Is it possible to be a reluctant servant? My feeling is that I am supposed to do this and that God will not bless anything else in my life if I do not follow this path. My problem is that I am not sure why I am not on fire to do this. Has anyone else has this experience?
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No fire?
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I felt called once to go into full-time ministry but didn't know if I had what it took. I wasn't "burning" yet in my faith-practice. I discussed this with a pastor friend of mine and he told me to look closer at my definition of "ministry", and then to get back with him. As I left to go, he threw in a question, "Tommy, are you giving of yourself to anyone else at all?" I stopped for a moment for him to continue with more words, but he didn't. He just had his usual smile, accompanied with a friendly wink.
I headed back home, only to find myself pulling off the road to pause in prayer. "Lord," I prayed, "am I doing what you want me to do?" I don't know where that question came from, but I can guess it JUST may have been the Holy Spirit.
Later that evening it finally dawned upon me to pull out my faithful dictionary and actually LOOK UP the word, "minister". One of it's definitions was, "to give help to".
I thought then to ask myself just what, "full-time" meant, other than the obvious. What does "full time" mean to you, my Friend? To ME it means that I spend my time helping others more than anything else in my life.
I guess you have to decide SOME things for yourself, OK? But, please remember to let GOD weigh heavily in your decision.
May HE speed you to your work in Him.
tommy2
I headed back home, only to find myself pulling off the road to pause in prayer. "Lord," I prayed, "am I doing what you want me to do?" I don't know where that question came from, but I can guess it JUST may have been the Holy Spirit.
Later that evening it finally dawned upon me to pull out my faithful dictionary and actually LOOK UP the word, "minister". One of it's definitions was, "to give help to".
I thought then to ask myself just what, "full-time" meant, other than the obvious. What does "full time" mean to you, my Friend? To ME it means that I spend my time helping others more than anything else in my life.
I guess you have to decide SOME things for yourself, OK? But, please remember to let GOD weigh heavily in your decision.
May HE speed you to your work in Him.
tommy2
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A burning desire is a difficult requirement for ministry... I think most full-time preachers and leaders will tell you that there ar etimes when they want nothing more than to be able to do something else. Ministry is tough, and only sometimes fun. Its like someone walking into enemy territory with an orange jumpsuite painted with a bullseye and taunting hidden snipers to take their best shot at you or your family... and knowing there will be little to no appreciation or understanding of your efforts.
Now... note I said IF they could do anything else. Seek God. Let Him work in you to determine the calling on your life. When you know there is nothing else you could do, no other way to serve Him, nothing that would fullfill that call placed in your heart... then you can know. You will still doubt, if your smart. Doubt isnt bad, it calls us back to the God who calls us for His encouragement and reassurance.
So talk with Godly council, and seek God... We're all called... its just to what we must discover or this life is hardly worth the living.
Now... note I said IF they could do anything else. Seek God. Let Him work in you to determine the calling on your life. When you know there is nothing else you could do, no other way to serve Him, nothing that would fullfill that call placed in your heart... then you can know. You will still doubt, if your smart. Doubt isnt bad, it calls us back to the God who calls us for His encouragement and reassurance.
So talk with Godly council, and seek God... We're all called... its just to what we must discover or this life is hardly worth the living.
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alancrookham
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God can certainly call you to things your emotions are not excited about. The Bible says our hearts are easily deceived, don't follow your emotions or you'll find yourself in trouble.
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