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Originally Posted by Charnock
So you are called to preach?
To evangelize nations? To pastor? To plant churches?
That's wonderful, but please remember that a calling does not entitle you to a blessed thing. This concept of "deserving" material things because you're a minister is muey loco. To deserve means to "have a claim for."
I hear people throw the word "deserve" around a lot nowadays. "She didn't deserve that," or "He deserved better than that."
How many times in life do we really get what we have a claim for?
I think we claim things that God never meant for us to have sometimes. And when we don't get them we feel cheated.
Godliness with contentment is great gain.
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i remember once at a preachers conference, brother hayne preached Entitlment or passion.
He sated whats your drive that is fueling your desire to serve God.
He pointed out that people over a long period of time develop a entitlment.
He used the like figure of a family comming to church for many year, always setting in the same seat. but one day they come in and some one is sitting in it.
entitlement says he buddy, im a regular church tither, im a youth minister, and i give half a day on saturday to do lawn work around the church, and by the way i want to let you know your in my seat.
were people with passion who have love for God doesnt know its your seat, their really not concerned about the seating arrangments, they are they for God.
So again we always need to look at motives.
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