What is Your Profession?

In the movie 300 Leonidas and his 300 Spartans meet up with the Greek “reinforcements.” In this scene the Greek army is nervous because of the low Spartan numbers. Leonidas responds to their concerns by asking a few of the Greeks their professions. One is a sculptor, another a potter and another a blacksmith. Leonidas then turns to his 300 and yells: “Spartans, what is your profession?” The answer can’t really be typed but they respond with a synchronized war cry that is about as cool as any movie scene I’ve ever seen.

As I watched this I thought about myself. What is my profession? Am I a Starbucks supervisor? Am I a professional speaker? How about a preacher? No, it goes beyond that, deeper than that but not just for me, for all that answer the call. When Jesus says to you “Come follow me” he asks for total commitment. Total commitment even when the mission sounds crazy, even when it hurts, even when those around you don’t seem to understand what you’re doing.

How about you? What is your “profession?” Are you a butcher, a baker, candlestick maker or is it something more? Is there something deeper? Are you a committed follower of Christ, in it to the end?

Church planting is tough. Today I spoke with a fellow church planter that shut his church down and another that is considering doing the same. This was just TODAY! Pastors, we are in a war but the stakes are much higher than a piece of ground. Stand firm, fight faithfully. I’m proud to stand among you.

Thanks for reading, talk to you soon.