Convictions

I've felt called to youth ministry for a long time - since I was a junior in high school - and I've been following that path ever since. While sitting in my preaching class tonight, I realized that my "doing youth ministry," whether as a volunteer, or here at Mountain, has become almost instinctual. That's certainly not to say I always know exactly what to do - that's not true at all and this semester teaches me that daily.

I haven't thought about why I'm doing youth ministry in a long time.

And not just youth ministry - ministry in general. Why in the world am I dedicating my entire life to work for and in the Church?

That passion I felt when I knew this is what God had called me to - that fire that I felt in my bones - that feeling in the pit of my stomach when I said, "yeah this is what God wants me to do"

It's been a while since I felt that....


And I realized, it's because it's been a while since I felt that same fire about the Bible, about how incredibly awesome Jesus Christ is (Luke 4:17-21) , and how crazy it is that God has entrusted me with preaching these words. (Romans 10:14-15)

Needless to say, my passion for ministry once again feels like a flame in my bones. (Jeremiah 20:9) (And you're thinking, "Really? All this from a preaching class?" Yeah it was great, you should've been there!)

It's nice to have a reminder about why what you're doing really matters.