Priestly Callings

Over the past two days, I’ve shared the verse from Revelation 1:6 where John tells us that Jesus has made us to be a kingdom of priests, serving his God and Father.

But again, what does it look like to have a priestly calling?

I often think about the children at our church. I know what these children are going to be up against in just a few years. I know from experience with my own daughters, that it is not going to be an easy road. 

Things have changed so much in the last 20 years. It used to be when we were kids that if you experienced any kind of bullying or peer pressure at school, there could be potentially some kind of reprieve when you got home. Some kind of sanctuary. But that’s no longer the case. There’s no reprieve at home because the iPhone is right there. The tablet is right there. The laptop is right there. So the temptations, and the bullies and the peer pressure are right there.  It’s a whole different world.

And I think about folks who lead Children’s Church or teach Sunday School, reading stories and doing crafts, sharing just a little bit about the story of Jesus and his love for them. And I am deeply grateful.  They are helping to lay the foundation of faith for these young children – letting them know that they are loved unconditionally; that they have a bigger community that they belong to, planting even just little seeds of faith. God knows they’re going to need it. 

Again, these are priestly callings. 

John says Jesus has made you to be a kingdom of priests…

I wonder again how that priestly calling might look in your own life.

Let us pray:  We thank you, O God, for your calling on our lives. We pray that you would grant us healing, mercy, and grace upon grace. And even as we are being healed and renewed, use us as an instrument of your love in a world desperately in need; through Christ our Lord. Amen.