“If you love your pastor, you might love him more if you read this. I write it out of overflowing wonder at his calling.”
The Impossible Calling of the Christian Preacher Christian preacher, your calling is astounding. Indeed, your life is astounding. I hope you are amazed at your miraculous existence in Christ. As a Christian, you are not unique, but you are astounding. Astounding Existence When Jesus Christ was raised from the dead by “the immeasurable greatness of the power” of the Creator, he “was seated at the right hand” of God in heaven (Ephesians 1:19–20). That is where the God-man is today. Waiting for the last trumpet. As I write, there he is. As you preach, there he is. “You are called to do what only God can do open the eyes of the blind.” Then after telling us that Christ is sitting at God’s right hand, Paul tells us that you are sitting there with him. Now. Today. God made us alive together with Christ . . . and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 2:5–6) He put you there when he made you alive — made you a new