Traveling and ministering around the world for over 15 years has taught me a lot about money management. I have given myself physically, emotionally and financially to fulfill the ministry that God gave me. At the end of the day, my wife has questioned God’s ability to provide and compensate His servant for me.
This sad disappointment is commonplace for many ministers and their families. The way out of this depth of despair and mental anguish is to do what the apostle Paul did: be a tentmaker (Acts 18: 3). In the modern vernacular, that means working while ministering. One of the keys to maintaining ministry success is creatively finding a way to fund your ministry.
I have done numerous things, from working in restaurants, nursing homes for the elderly, seeing incoming patients in the emergency room during the night shift, and teaching English abroad. My experience has been that teaching English abroad has given me the greatest ability to speak, impart and impact the people to whom I am called.
Since missions and ministry are a matter of people, ongoing daily interaction is vital to building relationships and influencing your target group. That said, teaching English is a wonderful way to love, lift, and leave people with the everlasting message of God’s love.
I was amazed when I came across Christian schools that wanted to hire English teachers and were willing to pay them well. Being an educator provides a great open door to impact the hearts and minds of the youth of today and the leaders of tomorrow.
Spread your wings and trust Jesus as you “dive deep” (Luke 5: 4) to go out into the world and bring the good news to wounded humanity. Jesus commanded every believer to be a disciple and bear much everlasting fruit (John 15:16). If you seek God’s kingdom first, you will be financially cared for and abundantly blessed (see Matthew 6:33; John 10:10).
Do not be afraid. Simply embrace the heart of God (John 3:16) for the peoples of the world and be willing to give of yourself. How you expect continual miraculous personal breakthroughs and countless blessings to flow and come to you!
Be a full-time minister and be rewarded with a wonderful salary and a free apartment, while doing rewarding ministerial work abroad.
