A common question I get asked is when I decided to be a pastor. This question always makes me laugh a little. I didn't choose to be a pastor. God chose me. It wasn't something I woke up wanting to do one day, it came out of a decision to follow God, no matter where God may lead.
While not all of us are called to be pastors, we do each having a calling from God on our lives. And a choice to make if we will live into that calling. Fair warnings - callings are hard. And often thankless. They involve living for something bigger than yourself that a lot of people just aren't going to understand.
So why would we ever choose to follow Christ into the calling placed on our hearts? Because we know whose we are, where we came from, and to whom we will return when all is said and done in this life. That doesn't make the decision to live into your calling easy, but it can offer strength in times of trial ahead. What about you? Will you pick up your cross and follow Christ, no matter where he may lead?
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