I
accepted Christ as my personal savior almost 6 years ago. I wasn’t
raised in a Christian home, so naturally it took me some time to seek
God out on my own. It is hard to describe, but I always knew there was
something missing in my life, but I didn’t know what it was. Deep in my
gut, I knew I had a void in my life that nothing else was able to fill.
Once I got to know the goodness and love that God had to offer me, I
immediately found that peace that was always missing!
accepted Christ as my personal savior almost 6 years ago. I wasn’t
raised in a Christian home, so naturally it took me some time to seek
God out on my own. It is hard to describe, but I always knew there was
something missing in my life, but I didn’t know what it was. Deep in my
gut, I knew I had a void in my life that nothing else was able to fill.
Once I got to know the goodness and love that God had to offer me, I
immediately found that peace that was always missing!
I
just recently felt a calling to full time ministry. I initially felt a
calling, but didn’t quite understand what it was about, or what exactly
it looked like for me. I spent a couple weeks thinking it over and
trying to come up with all the answers on how it was going to work.
After giving it some thought, I decided that I was too comfortable in my
stable federal job to ever leave and explore something like ministry. I
pretty much told God no, that I would not be giving that any more
thought. I made this decision on a Friday night. The very next day at
the end of one of our evening services, I was approached by our
executive pastor and he went on to tell me that during the alter call,
he had overheard me praying with a woman and at that moment, he said
that God spoke to him and told him that he needed to come and speak with
me about ministry work. As the pastor was telling me this, my eyes lit
up, and I became extremely intrigued by what he was saying to me. I had
never told anyone that I had been considering or contemplating full time
ministry work, so to have a pastor approach me about it less than a day
after I said no to God was a very clear sign to me that God was not
happy with my answer! I shared with the pastor that I had been thinking
it over already, and that I decided against it the day before. After a
lengthy and heartfelt talk, I decided that I needed to be obedient to
what God had placed on my heart.
just recently felt a calling to full time ministry. I initially felt a
calling, but didn’t quite understand what it was about, or what exactly
it looked like for me. I spent a couple weeks thinking it over and
trying to come up with all the answers on how it was going to work.
After giving it some thought, I decided that I was too comfortable in my
stable federal job to ever leave and explore something like ministry. I
pretty much told God no, that I would not be giving that any more
thought. I made this decision on a Friday night. The very next day at
the end of one of our evening services, I was approached by our
executive pastor and he went on to tell me that during the alter call,
he had overheard me praying with a woman and at that moment, he said
that God spoke to him and told him that he needed to come and speak with
me about ministry work. As the pastor was telling me this, my eyes lit
up, and I became extremely intrigued by what he was saying to me. I had
never told anyone that I had been considering or contemplating full time
ministry work, so to have a pastor approach me about it less than a day
after I said no to God was a very clear sign to me that God was not
happy with my answer! I shared with the pastor that I had been thinking
it over already, and that I decided against it the day before. After a
lengthy and heartfelt talk, I decided that I needed to be obedient to
what God had placed on my heart.
That has led me to AIM, and serving His kingdom through short term
mission work. I am in the early stages of pursuing a life of full time
ministry, but I enter into it blindly and full of faith!
