20 June 2011
Romans 10:17 So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes by the preaching of Christ.
The other day I was reading a book on how to make disciples and in reading it I was struck with a thought that most people sitting in a pew are buckets. Every Sunday they will be preached at and their buckets will be filled with the words of the preacher, the scripture, music and so on. Next Sunday they are back again to top up their buckets, some are big buckets and some are small buckets, and after awhile the buckets are so filled that there is no room for anymore. So they come for just in case their bucket gets empty and then no matter what is preached nothing actually can get into the bucket.
Now God did not design us to be buckets but rather pipes, we get the message in us and it flows through us top others that need it. While the message has filled us and is filling us because it is always flowing to others we are never, we always have room for more. So when we are preached at and preached to, we are able to share that which we have heard with others and not to keep it to ourselves in our buckets. So you heard the sermon on Sunday, what are you doing with it today and tomorrow? If you keep it in your bucket you have actually lost the point of the sermon.
Be encouraged today to see yourself as a pipe that flows with the love of God to others.
David
Point to ponder: God wants to change lives.
Question to consider: Are you a bucket or a pipe?
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