These last couple of weeks before leave are like walking through a wind-tunnel. Into the wind, obviously.
And with the conclusion of a series through Hebrews I’ve got a couple of morning preaches without the luxury of them being part of a series.
This article on pastors as starving chefs resonates a fair bit at the moment.
An excerpt:
We are so often driven to Scripture out of need. But unfortunately, it’s rarely the need of our own hearts or souls that drive us. We need something to teach others, something to preach to the crowd, something to say to someone in crisis.
Simply to feast
We pastors are like starving chefs, working diligently to prepare the best meals we can for others while our own souls run the risk of withering away.
We too rarely approach the table simply to feast on what God has prepared for us. We rarely come to Scripture with our own hearts in mind.
Why? Because we too rarely approach the table simply to eat, to enjoy, to feast on what God has prepared for us. We rarely come to Scripture with our own hearts in mind.
Worse, the way we approach the place of Scripture in our lives is often in direct contradiction to the Gospel of grace we preach.Read the whole piece here.
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