A lecture about our privilege..
From a lecture I heard by Eric Alexander...
We used to go on holidays from time to time to little place in England. During these holidays we went to a church where there was a lovely fellowship of the Lord's people, and we were greatly blessed there. I remember one of the first times we were there. Some of the members said to me, "Have you met Paul, one of our members, by the way?"
" No, I don't think so."
" Oh," they said, "you really ought to meet Paul."
And then somebody else said to me, "Do you know Paul? Have you met Paul?"
" No, I haven't met Paul."
"Oh," he said, "you really ought to meet Paul. Has nobody introduced you to Paul?"
"No, but I really can't wait to meet him. Sounds like a fascinating fellow! By the way," I said, "what's so important about him?"
"Well," he replied, "the job he has! Nobody has told you about Paul's job?"
"No," I said, "but everybody keeps talking about him." Eventually I asked, "What does Paul do?"
"Oh, he's the queen's footman!"
" No, I don't think so."
" Oh," they said, "you really ought to meet Paul."
And then somebody else said to me, "Do you know Paul? Have you met Paul?"
" No, I haven't met Paul."
"Oh," he said, "you really ought to meet Paul. Has nobody introduced you to Paul?"
"No, but I really can't wait to meet him. Sounds like a fascinating fellow! By the way," I said, "what's so important about him?"
"Well," he replied, "the job he has! Nobody has told you about Paul's job?"
"No," I said, "but everybody keeps talking about him." Eventually I asked, "What does Paul do?"
"Oh, he's the queen's footman!"
Do you know what the queen's footman does? He's that chap who dresses up in that ridiculous outfit with the powdered wig and stands behind her coach when she's going to Westminster Abbey. He opens the door for her and lets her out and so on.
As I began to think about it, I said to myself, "In God's name, I am the ambassador of the King of glory, and it doesn't excite me the way that these people are excited about somebody's being the footman to an earthly monarch!" Yet there is no privilege in the world like being called to be the ambassador of the King of kings. In the whole universe there is no calling to which you could be called that could be a greater privilege. That does not mean that there are not glories in secular callings. There are. But sometimes in the morning, when I'm shut up in my study, digging into the riches of holy Scripture, I find myself saying, "Fancy being paid for doing this!"
