The following was a Lord's Day post in March of last year:
Tomorrow is another Lord's Day.....and as usual I will be hoping to hear reports in the following week on things strange that happened in pulpits around America....not gold dust sprinkled from the ceiling....not holy laughter or people falling all over the place....and not some prophet standing up and telling the congregation how Donald Trump was sent by God to make America great again....we've had plenty of this type of nonsense already. No...I'm hoping that reports will come out on how pastors who are normally smiling all the time....are laden down with burdens so heavy that they are pleading for God to intervene in America. I'm hoping that some smidgen of discernment was given them in the past week on what indeed is happening to our nation....and what is ahead.
I'm hoping that all of a sudden they're not worried about keeping their pulpits for so many years until they can retire....but suddenly realize that God's hand of judgment is what we see all around us....as we Christians look anywhere and everywhere for relief other than Jesus Christ. I'm hoping that men in these pulpits see a world falling apart in every conceivable way and say....."Come Lord Jesus!"
I'm hoping that these men of whom these words address.....would come to see that this is not a job or a profession or even a vocation that they have....but that they volunteered....and took vows....to tend to the sheep....to warn them when necessary....that they themselves will be held accountable for how they passed their time....and that they chose something that by its very nature....means constant seeking of God's guidance....constant learning....constant humbling themselves and seeing themselves as unworthy for such a responsibility.
There are faithful pastors all over America pleading for God's mercy.....and have done so for many years! if you happen to have one of these men in your pulpit....and you see the strain that has been upon them....and maybe the weariness as churches grow to huge numbers all around them....by tickling ears and flattery....then thank God for them.....and encourage these men.....for you have been mightily blessed.
Tomorrow is another Lord's Day.....and as usual I will be hoping to hear reports in the following week on things strange that happened in pulpits around America....not gold dust sprinkled from the ceiling....not holy laughter or people falling all over the place....and not some prophet standing up and telling the congregation how Donald Trump was sent by God to make America great again....we've had plenty of this type of nonsense already. No...I'm hoping that reports will come out on how pastors who are normally smiling all the time....are laden down with burdens so heavy that they are pleading for God to intervene in America. I'm hoping that some smidgen of discernment was given them in the past week on what indeed is happening to our nation....and what is ahead.
I'm hoping that all of a sudden they're not worried about keeping their pulpits for so many years until they can retire....but suddenly realize that God's hand of judgment is what we see all around us....as we Christians look anywhere and everywhere for relief other than Jesus Christ. I'm hoping that men in these pulpits see a world falling apart in every conceivable way and say....."Come Lord Jesus!"
I'm hoping that these men of whom these words address.....would come to see that this is not a job or a profession or even a vocation that they have....but that they volunteered....and took vows....to tend to the sheep....to warn them when necessary....that they themselves will be held accountable for how they passed their time....and that they chose something that by its very nature....means constant seeking of God's guidance....constant learning....constant humbling themselves and seeing themselves as unworthy for such a responsibility.
There are faithful pastors all over America pleading for God's mercy.....and have done so for many years! if you happen to have one of these men in your pulpit....and you see the strain that has been upon them....and maybe the weariness as churches grow to huge numbers all around them....by tickling ears and flattery....then thank God for them.....and encourage these men.....for you have been mightily blessed.
