TO MY DEAR FELLOW PASTORS ACROSS AMERICA, JUST READ THIS, I BELIEVAR YOU WILL FIND A REAL BLESSING IF YOU WILL. The greatest commitment that a man can make is to answer the call of God. I am not a profound egotist when I say I would not trade my place, my calling as a pastor and a preacher of Jesus, for the prime minister-ship of England, or for the presidency of the United States, or for any kingdom since God created this earth. To me, the highest calling that a soul can receive is for God to say, “I want you in the ministries of My dear church,” a youth, a boy, a girl, a man, or a woman. When President Calvin Coolidge asked John R. Mott, great missionary statesman, asked John Mott to be ambassador to Japan, John Mott replied, “Sir, sir. I am an ambassador of the great King, and I am deaf to all other calls.” When the Standard Oil company picked out a young missionary in the Orient and said, “We want you to represent the Standard Oil Company, and your salary would be fifteen thousand dollars a year.” He said, “No,” his salary was a thousand. And the Standard Oil company said, “And your salary will be twenty five thousand dollars a year.” And the boy said, “No.” And the Standard Oil company said, “And your salary will be fifty thousand dollars a year.” And the young man said, “No.” And the Standard Oil company officials, amazed said, “What’s the matter? What’s the matter?” And the boy replied, “Sir, your price is all right, but your calling is too small. God has sent me here to be a missionary.” We’re not all called. Some are called to be preachers. Some are called to be missionaries. Some are called into denominational work. Some are called to be singers. Some are called into various activities ministering in the church of Jesus. Those that are called, oh how complimented! God hath looked upon you. How complimented you are, and what a high privilege to answer with your life. The rest of us will hold the ropes while you go down into the well. “Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision,” answering God’s call to a special ministry. If He calls, if He calls you, “Here I am, Lord, send me” [Isaiah 6:8]. BY DR W.A. CRISWELL late pastor fFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, DALLAS TX. Pastor your time will be well spent to read any thing that comes available to you that Dr. Criswell write.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 04:05:27 +0000
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