Everybody has a story to tell and now it’s Miller Time. I want to explain to you how I have learned to live the real Miller High Life. This “high life” comes from knowing the One True Living God. In John 10:10 Jesus said, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”
My first life was lived on earth for twenty-one years as a sinner. I have been living my second life for seventeen years as a Christian. My life before and after Christ can best be summed up by the scriptures in 1st Timothy 1:15-16. It says, “Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. (16) But for that reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his unlimited patience as an example for those who would believe on him and receive eternal life.”
In case you are wondering, I never thought about being in full time ministry growing up in Tallahassee. In fact, as a younger man, I would not have been able to define the word pastor. If my high school would have had a selection in the 1987 yearbook for the “least likely to get saved”, my picture would have filled the space. The majority of my college years would confirm the reality that I was destined for anything but a place behind the pulpit.
Everything in my life changed when somebody finally witnessed to me about Jesus Christ. Today, I possess a great confidence to minister because I know for certain that I did not choose my profession. God’s mercy and grace put me in my position. Every time I preach, I witness a miracle: it is Christ Jesus’ unlimited patience allowing me to be an example for those who would believe on him and receive eternal life.
I love the life I live serving Jesus and ministering to people. It is truly rewarding going to bed every night satisfied in my soul, because I know I am pleasing God and doing what he has called me to do. Like Apostle Paul, I want to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me. In Acts 20:24 Paul says, “I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the gospel of God’s grace.”
If you are a Christian, God has saved you to be a witness. God has a story for you to tell and he wants you to share it with everyone in your sphere of influence. Isaiah 43:10-1310 says, "You are my witnesses," declares the LORD, "and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me. 11 I, even I, am the LORD, and apart from me there is no savior. 12 I have revealed and saved and proclaimed— I, and not some foreign god among you. You are my witnesses," declares the LORD, "that I am God.”
Who knows, you might just reach the next “least likely to be saved” person and turn him into a full-time minister.
This Sunday at ENT we start our family series called "Heroes". My wife Cindy will be speaking on Mother’s Day. She always has such a great message to share with everyone. I just hope she does not preach me out of a job. All of my coaching and fitness certifications are expired and I have nothing else to do with my life. I look forward to seeing you this Sunday. God bless!
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