Praise God! I was able to deliver my last pastoral message to our congregation yesterday. I had difficulty preparing my message and so, I especially fasted for a day seeking God for guidance. It was my last since the church has not scheduled me any other preaching activity for our worship service for the rest of the year.
I thank God for giving me insights and was able to deliver His message. So many people really said that the message struck them hard. I believe this was God's blessing and an evidence of God's presence in the lives of our members.
But I asked a question every time someone would give me such a comment. Simple question, "so, have you decided to join our prayer meeting on Tuesday?" The answer is always "no." This make me furious hehehe.... Sabi ko nga, "hindi ka tinamaan, daplis lang. If ever meron next time, magpapasabog ako ng bomba para tamaan ka talaga!" hehehe...
How can you say God really spoke to you and has not moved you to action. I think this is a misconception of being struck by the Word of God. When God speaks, it should be something that really moved you to action because the revelation and realization is important. What is really happening to our people? This is a big question mark to me now. How can we really move our people to act according to the Word of God? If we cannot apply the Word of God in our life, then there is no point coming to church. We cannot live a victorious life in Christ without the application of the Word of God. We have heard the message but not perceiving - this is more dangerous.
Thinking out loud, I thought to myself, maybe it is really time to use my prophetic preaching once again. Prophetic preaching is very important and crucial and it will definitely move people to action or be strike by God. This has been proven effective before but often use will also make the people numb.
Anyway, maybe God's time has not yet come. I just need to pray more.
O Lord! Awaken Your people to the work you have left behind. In Jesus Name, Amen!!!
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