If I have a serious wound and I go to the ER for help, I don't want some grinning doc to give me euphoric shots or pills and then slap a band-aid on it when it really should be cleaned, medicated and stitched. "You can feel good NOW"...yet all the while, underneath the temporary fix-it, the infection swells and eats away.
The same goes for ministry. Keep the fluff! Don't sugar-coat my life by telling me things my flesh would want to hear, affirming to me how wonderful I am and how deserving I am of nothing but blessings galore. Don't skip over the parts that you feel would offend me. I do not desire my ears to be tickled by the current passing fancy.
I want--no, I NEED the meat of God's Word! I need to be reminded of the price Jesus paid for my redemption! I need to realize that it is HE who has redeemed me and called me by name. Not by any works of self-righteousness that I think should be noted, for there ARE NONE. NO! I want to see Jesus in all His fullness. Don't hold back! Give me correction when it is due, so that my soul will be provoked to repentance and thereby wooed yet again to bow before the Great I Am.
Fluff is nothing more than weak band-aids that imposters use to conceal the real problem, all the while making themselves look good. Fluff appeases the flesh and leaves the soul severely wanting.
Fluff fades away. The Word of the Lord endures forever!!!
Thanking the Lord this day for having a church that is fluff-free!
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