This sounds a bit like the church version of a Superman who has it all and can do it all. Im not sure many can meet that kind of “societal” standard and not sure either in what you might find in a person so “accomplished” in the their life…for “blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.”
You can’t do everything at the same time! BUT — at each stage of life, it makes sense to check the boxes that lead to other opportunities in the next stage.
Passivity is not an option.
* A youth should prepare himself to start and support a family.
* A family man should also catechize his children, lead family worship, and enlist his children in some form of “ministry” or service.
* A middle-aged guy with godly adult children should take a benign interest in the younger guys around him, especially those who are called to similar occupations.
The idea that sitting and listening to a lecture is the whole duty of a man just does not float my boat!
It appears TomEd was doing a (somewhat modern) paraphrase of 1 Tim. 3:1-13?
Or am I wrong?