My God-given passion is to become the best sports writer in America. But many times I get the feeling that’s not enough for the church.
The church places a premium on pastors and missionaries, but many times ignores the importance of other professions.
But God’s beauty is seen in the diversity He creates. Diversity for some to be doctors, schoolteachers and journalists. And by pursuing the passions God has given us we can glorify Him.
“God has created us to work as those who are made in His image,” Jerram Barrs said in The Heart of Evangelism. “It is the way we do what we do…that is of concern to the Lord. Jesus Himself spent most of his adult life as a carpenter. Are we to think that the Son of God was in some way a second-class citizen in the kingdom until He began His public ministry?”
My life should be a witness to God. It’s a whole life ordeal. It’s whether I take a reporting assignment in frustration or with eagerness to glorify God. It’s whether I rush through the job to get it done, or slow down and take a second look at what could make the story better. It’s my attitudes toward my bosses, colleagues and employees.
“Unbelievers are drawing conclusions about Christ and about the truth of Christianity from everything we say and do,” Barrs said.
And many unbelievers are in the mainstream newsrooms. God doesn’t call everyone to newspapers, but He is calling me there, and the best I can do for Him is to witness with my life actions while I’m there.
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