Post by Zac Loh on Dec 7, 2006 8:36:01 GMT -5
I had been wonderfully ministered by a lady preacher in a local church. She was the visiting speaker, the wife of a pastor (her pastor husband spoke in the 1st Service earlier part of the morning).
The pitch of her voice was too high ...her tone too soft ...her diction was quite off ...not good for a public speaker according to my perception ...and my standard assessment.
She behaved a bit aloof for my normal taste. She was not something very acceptable for the public consumption. My impression of her was this thought: "this is going to be an embarrassing time...someone is going to make a fool of herself up-on-stage!"
My soul was pretty inclined to shut-off. But I knew this was not the way to discern the things of God. I decided not to judge a book by its cover. I decided to have an open mind.
Well ...she was ...cranky... but spiritually ...she cranked up!
She spoke a number of pure prophetic messages of God. She ended-up giving a direct, public prophetic word to the leadership of the church, and another prophetic word to the local church as a whole. I have never seen someone so blunt in ministering, and so bold. The front was full of people in answer to the altar call she had given-out.
Jesus came in an unacceptable package. A package that the people didn't want. He wasn't politically correct. The public chose a known mobster over Him. They sent Him to the cross.
Yet, in Jesus ...we have eternal ...abundant ...life!
Many times ...the pure things of God would come in an unacceptable package ...which people usually doesn't want to open.
Are you willing to go beyond the package to its content?
The pitch of her voice was too high ...her tone too soft ...her diction was quite off ...not good for a public speaker according to my perception ...and my standard assessment.
She behaved a bit aloof for my normal taste. She was not something very acceptable for the public consumption. My impression of her was this thought: "this is going to be an embarrassing time...someone is going to make a fool of herself up-on-stage!"
My soul was pretty inclined to shut-off. But I knew this was not the way to discern the things of God. I decided not to judge a book by its cover. I decided to have an open mind.
Well ...she was ...cranky... but spiritually ...she cranked up!
She spoke a number of pure prophetic messages of God. She ended-up giving a direct, public prophetic word to the leadership of the church, and another prophetic word to the local church as a whole. I have never seen someone so blunt in ministering, and so bold. The front was full of people in answer to the altar call she had given-out.
Jesus came in an unacceptable package. A package that the people didn't want. He wasn't politically correct. The public chose a known mobster over Him. They sent Him to the cross.
Yet, in Jesus ...we have eternal ...abundant ...life!
Many times ...the pure things of God would come in an unacceptable package ...which people usually doesn't want to open.
Are you willing to go beyond the package to its content?