suddenly it dwell on me, one of my greatest passion in life, is to preach Christ and Him crucified. over the past 3 years, my greatest concern as a preacher of God's holy and living word is whether I could hold on to pulpit. It is a great responsibility, which I dare not play around with. It is a ministry that I hold dearly to, a ministry that demands all of my creative writing, narrative telling capabilities and the work of the Holy Spirit.
there was a Sunday, where I heard a sermon, so much that I want to take over the mike, I was so painful and sadden how one could interpret the Scripture that way and speaking out of context. My heart was super broken, I believe Jesus' heart was in the same state as mine. If it were a poor delivery of skill, I can accept and accept gladly, but to misinterpret Scripture without understanding the context and justify with personal experience was something too hard for me to swallow.
I do not think that I am a good preacher of God's word, everyone is still in the process of sanctification in terms of hermeneutics and homiletic. But what I cannot stand was Christ was not preached at all~!!! Not that all sermons must preached about Christ, but if the text surely touch on it, why ain't we preaching about Christ, then?
O Lord, would you guard my heart deepen rooted in your word. keep me humble before the authority of your holy word. soften the condition of my heart to listen to your voice. Amen.
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