You know, I always seem to have questions that need answers
- either I have the question, or someone has a question for me that they are
looking for the answer to... Last week when I was speaking at MAC2012 people
would ask me questions hoping I would know the answer simply because my Dad was
heading the camp up...
Normally I get asked questions because well that's my
job right?
What is my job really? Now that is a very good question...
One in which I am always struggling to find an adequate answer for.... A simple
answer would be I am a youth pastor, I mean that is how I get paid twice a
month. But life is never really that simple is it?
Another simple answer would be that my job is as a father
and a husband, after all the dictionary definition of "job" is
anything a person is expected or obliged to do; duty; responsibility...
But I don't consider any of these things a job... Father,
Husband, Youth Pastor they are all titles I carry but I don't consider them
jobs... I know other people might feel that I am "expected or
obligated" to these titles but I feel like I am privileged to hold these
titles and at that point I see them ceasing to be "jobs" and becoming
"roles" that I play in the lives of those around me. Those that I am
privileged to meet, know, care for...
I've held many jobs over the years... Worked for Chick-fil-a, UPS, FPL, Ductz, Genesis, and various landscaping companies to name a few... Those would all qualify to me in my life as a job - (maybe not to you because you are called to that and it is more than a paycheck)
Being a youth pastor is not a job to me - it is everything
to me - it is part of how I define who I am in Christ. As much as the role of
Husband and Father are parts of that definition.
So what then is my job... That is a very good question to
ask... wish I knew the answer.
