I’m pretty proud of myself. I’ve consistently posted 5-6 days a week since I started this blog. And it’s not really been a discipline most days. I just like to do it. It gives me an opportunity to take some of what God is showing me, process it to a point where it’s fit for public consumption, and then put it out there to hopefully bless someone else.
It’s good for my soul. It clears up my mind. It’s good really good for our church.
Yesterday I didn’t post anything on my blog, but it wasn’t because I had nothing to say. In fact, I filled up 6 pages in my personal journal, and the greater part of the margins on every other page in 2 books.
It’s just that some thing God says to you aren’t meant to be shared with anyone.
They’re just between you and God.
This is a hard tension for preachers to work around, I think.
We think every insight we have needs to be immediately put into outline format and shared with the masses.
I told our staff yesterday that sometimes when I open my Bible I feel like I’m grabbing a hammer or a scalpel: ie. going to work. It’s my job to read the Bible and hear from God. When most people read the Bible, they’re feeding their spirits. When I read my Bible, I’m often preparing food for someone else.
It’s not a bad thing, just different.
In some ways, it makes it easier to keep an exciting devotional life.
Because you get paid to do it.
In other ways, it makes it harder.
Because you get paid to do it.
Does this make sense?
Anyway, I think a good spiritual discipline for me is to sometimes read something in the Bible and think: “Oh man! That would make a great sermon! That would fit perfectly with that series in 3 months.”
And then never preach about it. Or post about it.
Just keep it between me and God.
