There were days where I would go weeks without posting anything.

Then my friend from the blogosphere, Anna, posted up the challenge for National Blog Posting Month or NaBloPoMo.  (Ah, it just rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it?)

I love a challenge but was perplexed on what should I write about or would I be able to do it?

Sure I had some help from some of my favorite sites, DesiringGod and TheResurgence, but surely I couldn’t bum content off of them for the entire 30 days.

But I am reminded of something I heard Driscoll say while preaching about working in ministry during his series on 1 Corinthians: Christians Gone Wild.  To loosely quote,

“Preach and lift up Jesus.  People look up and say, ‘Oh look, Jesus!’.  A crowd will start to gather.” - Mark Driscoll

So I blogged about Jesus.

Shockingly enough, these last month was a breeze compared to the previous 15 months of blogging.

Strangely enough, I could keep on writing if I had to.

See ya’ll tomorrow.

I have always preached that we should all do an excellent job in order to honor our employers, the very leaders that God has placed in charged over us, in order to show Him all the glory and be a witness to how good Jesus Christ really is.

I know that many people (including myself) have been called into full time ministry.  At the moment, however, God is still preparing, enabling and teaching us.  Many of us are not in seminaries and bible college but working as salt in the earth (Matthew 5:13) in different jobs.

I know that some of us have a really tough time keeping their “eyes on the prize” (so to speak) and our work in some way is suffering.

If you are transitioning from secular to full time ministry, my plead to you is to finish strong!

I know Paul mentions the following verses as far as finishing in ministry.  I think it does apply to our situation:

2 Timothy 4:5 (ESV) As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

Keep a clear mind. (1 Peter 1:13)

Endure suffering. (Hebrews 10:36)

Do the work of an evangelist. (Mark 16:15)

Fulfill the ministry that God has given you at this very moment.

Then you can say:

2 Timothy 4:6-7 (ESV) For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

How Should We Then Work by Jonathan Dobson © 2008 TheResurgence.com