29 Now, here's the way to do it. Find out first… Well now, this is advice; only thing I can give on this is advice. See? But make sure that your calling comes from God, and then check your motives and objectives. See? Now, you know what I mean by that. What is your motive for preaching? Was it just… You think it was a easier job than what you have? Then you'd better forget it; it wasn't a call. A call of God burns so in your heart you can't rest day and night for it. You just can't get away from it; it's just constantly grinding at you.
31 And—and if you had to preach… You say, well now, another objective, "I believe at the job I've got, if I could be a successful evangelist or a pastor, have a good set salary, have a home that I could go into and so forth, and live, then I—I believe that would be a good thing, much easier than what I'm doing now. And really I think it would be…" Now, see, your objective is wrong to begin with. See, it's not right. See? You—you're wrong there on that. Then you'd say, "Well, maybe because that I am a—think maybe that I'd be more popular amongst the people." See, you'll find out you're just ready for a big flop (See?), really. See? But now, if your objective is that "I don't care if I have to eat soda crackers and branch—drink branch water, I'll preach the Gospel anyhow." Something just tearing into you, "I'll either preach the Gospel or die." See? Then you'll—you'll go somewhere, because it's God dealing with you. God is making Hisself known to you, because it is God just won't let you rest. And usually, a God-called man never wants to do it. Did you ever think of that? Any man…
34 Just recently it was asked of me by some very precious brethren that said, "Now, that we have come into the way, Brother Branham, now that we found the Lord and received the Holy Ghost, shall we seek gifts for our ministry that we should do?" I said, "Don't never do it." See? Don't never advise people to do something like that, 'cause usually a guy that wants to do it is a guy that—that can't do it. It's the guy that's trying to run from it is the one that God uses. See? If he's trying to get away from it, "Oh, brother, I tell you, I… The calling's in me but I… Whew. Man, I'd hate to try that." Well, there you are. You see? That—that's trying to run. If he's—if he wants to do it so bad, the first thing you know he finds himself a stuffed shirt. Like you say, "God, you give me power to move mountains; I tell You; I'll do something for You if You let me move mountains." No, he wouldn't; he can't even move hisself to the right attitude (See?), so he'd never move mountains for God.
38 Just take, for instance, like Paul. You think Paul could've got away from his calling? Oh, brother. He couldn't do it. It was just grinding at him day and night till he left his church, he left everything and—and went down into… I believe it was Asia, wasn't it? And stayed three years down there, studying the Scriptures, to find out whether It was right or not (See?) to find out whether God had really called him. So if God is calling you, brother, and it keeps digging at your heart, then I'd say, "Lay aside every weight, and the sin that does so easily beset you." You see? If… But if it's not digging at you, and then I—I—I wouldn't think too much about it then. Just let it come to its place.
61-0112 - Questions And Answers
Rev. William Marrion Branham
http://table.branham.org
61-0112 - Questions And Answers
Rev. William Marrion Branham
http://table.branham.org
Rev. William Marrion Branham
http://table.branham.org
