PASTORS:
CALL OF GOD; PASTORAL MINISTRY: CHALLENGE

The true minister is one, not by his own choice, but by the sovereign commission of God.

From the study of the Scriptures, one might conclude that the man God calls seldom or never surrenders to the call without considerable reluctance.

The young man who rushes too eagerly into the pulpit at first glance seems to be unusually spiritual. But, he may, in fact, only be revealing his lack of understanding of the sacred nature of the ministry.…

I cannot recall, in any of my reading, of a single instance of a prophet who applied for the job!

The true minister simply surrenders to the inward pressure, and cries: “Woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel”!

Jeremiah 1:5–8; Acts 9:15–16; 1 Corinthians 9:16

The Tozer Pulpit, Volume 1, Book 1, 76, 77.