Minister

Minister

by Joel Howard

My dream is to be a minister

A counselor, to look folks in the eye

To watch them cry and feel deeply

My dream is to be a minister

Even as Christ ministered to people

To watch them laugh and feel deeper still

My dream is to be a Christ-follower 

On this earth and with him unearth

The mysteries and treasures in this field

My dream is to be a minister

A counselor, to look at what has died

To watch it rise back to the land of living

My dream is to be a minister

Even as Christ ministered to the poor

To the broken and the dying he gave hope

My dream is to be a worshipper

To honor God in a place that honors

no one and nothing but itself

If Jesus came and died and lived

So I will rise and die and live

If Spirit intercedes for me

Than I will intercede for others

If Father never ceases working

I will pour my life out for the church and the hurting

My dream is to be a minister

A doorkeeper, to care for little men and women

To watch what they're pursuing and call them out

My dream is to be a life-giver

Even as my Father flows about

To the drylands like a river he is pouring