Pastors: The miraculous outpouring of the Holy Spirit of God on the Day of Pentecost is an event that pastors throughout history have sought to replicate. They want the Spirit of God to move in a way that creates astounding growth, life, and health in their church – just as He did – “somewhere else.” The only problem with that is – your church isn’t “somewhere else!” It is right here – in the “here and now.”
My encouragement to you is to not seek a formula whereby you can replicate what God did “somewhere else,” rather, seek all He has for you where you are in the “here and now!” In the words of the song, “Let it be said of us that the Lord was our passion, that with gladness we bore every cross we were given; that we fought the good fight, and we finished the course; knowing ‘within us’ the power of the risen Lord” – not somewhere else, but “within us” – right where we are!
I encourage you to Preach God’s Word in His power and in His strength this Sunday! As Pastor Herb Reavis says, “Lord help me preach like a dying man to dying people!”
Brother Aaron