I have to preach

I have to preach: Sunday is coming. Sunday comes every week. I struggle with so many things, fatigue, frustration, personal sin, conflict, people who are difficult to deal with, feelings of being unappreciated, feelings of being inadequate, a to-do list that is ever growing, striving to properly feed those who hear me, rightly dividing the Word of Truth. Woe is me if I preach not. I have to preach. 

I want to preach: I have a Word from the Lord. I want to weigh in on what is going on in our world. I want to help develop a Christian World-View in our congregation. I want to serve. I want to use every ounce of any gift I might have in service to the Lord. I want to preach.

I get to preach: I get to tell others of the love of God. I get to be involved in the lives of others. I get to walk with others in their best of days and to hold them up in their worst. I get to have an inside track into influencing others to serve. I get to touch others eternity. I get paid to do what is my passion. I get to preach. 

I love to preach.

“For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!” - Paul in 1 Corinthians 9:16