10:30 Saturday evening and I'm tired...
Visiting, bulletin preparation, sermon preparation, Sunday School lesson preparation, and various other tasks, and I am weary.
Saturday's are my busiest day other than Sunday's. This is typical for a pastor, or at least most that I know. My only concern is that I don't become so busy doing good things and fulfilling all of the duties of a pastor, that I fail in the area that is most important - seeking God's Presence. I'm afraid that often I do...
So, as I set here at my desk my heart is calling out to God for more of His Presence and more of His touch upon me. I can put words on a page and speak words to my congregation, but Lord, You are the only one who can enable me to preach. You are the only one who can take my words and penetrate the hearts of those who listen. I pray that You will...
"The Lord is good to those whose hope is in Him, to the one who seeks HIm; it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord." (Lamentations 3:25-26 NIV)
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