There are weeks that I can't wait to come to the office because my mind is full of things I want to say. Those weeks, the text seems to just jump off the page shouting its message. But there are other weeks in which I have read the text, chewed on it, read what others have said, heard what others have preached, read the text again. And I come in Friday morning going, "What am I going to say to the church Sunday?"
But here is the love part. God is always faithful. And it amazes me that often times those weeks in which I struggle with what to say are the very weeks that, after I preach, people will say, "That is exactly what I needed to hear today. You spoke right to me."
So here I am this morning. It's one of those weeks.
I LOVE this job (if it is right to call what I do a job). Thank You, Father.
3 comments:
Anyone who preaches knows what you're talking about. Sometimes the thoughts flow and sometimes they get stopped upstream.
I take Friday's off.
I think Jonathon summed it up for me the other night when he prayed that God use him to let His message come out. That's the prayer I say every time I speak because I know I can't do scripture justice. I try to create my message from what God lays on my heart and pray that the ears hearing it will hear His words, not mine.
Well said!
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