The Preacher's DNA

The preacher has been created to be set up for failure and somehow is still able to give hope, resilience and an undying commitment to the unchanging hands of God. The preacher has to stand at the side of the death bed on Saturday and preach life to the dead on Sunday. The preacher has to accept broken promises from friends on Friday and preach about covenants of deliverance and love on Sunday. The preacher is broken in fragments of hurt, scars and bruises but yet stands every Sunday to preach about the healing and wholeness that every man, woman and child can receive. The preacher looks in the mirror and sees inadequacies of his past, his failures and his shortcomings but yet looks into the eyes of those who depend on his voice and life to be the carrier of God's vision leading to victory with the Master. The preacher sometimes wants to quit but then remembers that they aren't good at anything else and there are no other options in his life. He appears to be a failure to those of world, and truthfully, he sometimes see what they see. He has more losses than he has wins, but yet he can't quit. He couldn't live if he couldn't preach. Preaching is his therapy. Preaching rejuvenates him. Preaching is his life. Preaching is his passion. He can not retire. He can not stop preaching. He realizes that at his death; God lives. He realizes that when he is weak; God is strong. He realizes that when he is down; God stands up in him. IT'S A FIRE SHUT UP IN HIS BONES!!! This fire keeps him sane. This fire keeps him passionate. This fire makes him go when he doesn't want to go. It makes him stand when everyone else is sitting. No matter how long the days, how dark the nights, this fire forces the preacher to preach. It's a calling to fulfill and a God to glorify.