The Call to serve
If there is anything else a man can do other than preach, he ought to do it. The pulpit is no place for them. The ministry is not merely something an individual can do, but what he must do. To enter the pulpit, that necessity must be laid upon him. A God-called person, would rather die than live without preaching. “If you can do anything else do it. If you can stay out of the ministry, stay out of the ministry.” In other words, only those who believe they are chosen by God for the pulpit should proceed in undertaking this sacred task.
“Preachers are born, not made,” “This is an absolute. You will never teach a man to be a preacher if he is not already one.
This divine calling, grips the soul and governs the spirit. It becomes an overwhelming obsession that cannot be discarded. It will not go away nor leave a person to himself.
