Today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers should be a 'must read' for everyone entering the ministry!
The Miracle Of Belief
My speech and my preaching was not with enticing words.
— 1 Corinthians 2:1-5
Paul was a scholar and an orator of the first rank; he is
not speaking out of abject humility; but saying that he would veil the power of
God if, when he preached the gospel, he impressed people with his “excellency
of speech.” Belief in Jesus is a miracle produced only by the efficacy of
Redemption, not by impressiveness of speech, not by wooing and winning, but by
the sheer unaided power of God. The creative power of the Redemption comes
through the preaching of the Gospel, but never because of the personality of
the preacher. The real fasting of the preacher is not from food, but rather
from eloquence, from impressiveness and exquisite diction, from everything that
might hinder the gospel of God being presented. The preacher is there as the
representative of God — “as though God did beseech you by us.” He is there to
present the Gospel of God. If it is only because of my preaching that people
desire to be better, they will never get anywhere near Jesus Christ. Anything
that flatters me in my preaching of the Gospel will end in making me a traitor
to Jesus; I prevent the creative power of His Redemption from doing its work.
“I, if I be lifted up…, will draw all men unto Me.”
God's Word and the Anointing of Holy Spirit is what makes believers our of unbelievers! NOT fancy words or passionate preaching! Holy Spirit woos and draws the lost to a willing 'vessel' who will simply share the Good News of the Gospel and then allow and EXPECT Holy Spirit to confirm the Word with signs, wonders and miracles! OUR part is the VESSEL and HIS part is the POWER! Let's play our parts and fully expect GOD to do HIS! AMEN! Her is Hillsong UNITED with "Whole Heart":
Shalom in Him!
