So 10 years ago, I thought I would jump into the world of blogging. I was just a simple minded youth pastor at the time, but everyone else was doing it and I thought, “Why not?” I started off being fairly consistent, but as I transitioned to the role of a Senior Pastor my blogs became few and far between. And I mean far between. My last official post on record was February of 2015.
Needless to say my blogging days didn’t pan out the way I hoped they would. One of the reasons is that I didn’t have anything motivating me or keeping me on track. But during the past year I, like so many, have had to learn to pastor differently in the world of Covid. I started sending out a weekly email to my congregation. I begin each email with a short devotion. Just some simple thoughts from a simple minded pastor.
So I’ve decided to revive my blog, posting that simple devotional that I send out to my congregation each week. I will post that devotion here on my new blog site every Friday. I know for some the question might be: What could an uneducated pastor have to say that is of any significance? Honestly, that thought used to paralyze me, but I had to come to the realization that the answer was “nothing” before realizing it was “everything”.
Maybe I should explain. I know that I’m nothing in myself, but I’m everything in Christ. My favorite book in the Bible is the book of Acts and one of the things that has always stood out to me in that section of Scripture is the change seen in Peter. Here is a guy that earlier in the Gospels was denying that he even knew Jesus and then in Acts 2 he is proclaiming the name of Jesus boldly and we see amazing miracles happen in and through him.
Anyone familiar with this section of Scripture knows that it is the power of the Holy Spirit at work in his life. It is evidence of what Christ himself said would happen, that the disciples would do greater things than He did. Peter was faithful to the Lord and did greater things than Christ himself. Was it because Peter was special? Was it because he went to Seminary and got a Masters in miracles and matters of the Holy Spirit? No. Peter was described as an unschooled, ordinary man. How could an unschooled, ordinary man do greater things than Jesus himself? By operating in he power of the Holy Spirit, instead of his own power. It was Christ that enabled him to speak boldly and see 3,000 added to the Kingdom in one day.
In the same way, it is Christ in me, the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27) that gives me anything of significance to say. It is my prayer that I will be faithful to remain in His Word and to speak from His everything as opposed to my nothing.
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