My Testimony
I want to share a bit of my own testimony today, as we close out this week dealing with difficult people.
I was 16 when I felt called to ministry. I would watch our minister preach and lead the church services and I just had this overwhelming feeling that I had to do that. But in those years, and onto my late teens and even my early 20s, I was very bad with people. In fact I had very poor people skills, and I remember saying to myself "I'll be a lecturer in theology, sure- but I don't want to be a pastor, because people are stupid." I even remember once telling my folks that one day I would preach a sermon series called "People Are Stupid." That's how bad it was.
How God Changes Us
Then at age 28 I finally decided to take the plunge and enter the ministry. As I stood before the Benoni Methodist circuit to share my call to preaching, I remember saying that I felt like Jonah – that I’d been running from my call, but now was the time to begin! Read or listen to this full devotion on my Patreon page here – for a monthly amount of your choice.
Paul urges Timothy that prayer should be the first priority of the Christian life, not something that slips to the bottom of the list. Recommit today to praying with real urgency, rushing to the quiet place rather than putting it off until later.