That I May Know Him

I've been asked to speak at some meetings next month where a large part of the audience will be Pastors. That's always a daunting task. I remember one of the first times I "preached" was while my family and I were in the USA. I was about 19 at the time. We were attending the church my parents grew up in and I was asked to speak to one of the young adult classes which was scary enough but made even more scary by the fact that the Pastor's wife was one of the leaders of the class. I can't remember what I talked about and I doubt anyone that was there can either (and that's probably a good thing) but I do know I was seriously nervous.

Since then I've had a lot of opportunities to preach to pastors but it's still daunting to share the Word of God with men that spend their lives studying it. I'm less daunted this time though, partly because of experience but mostly I'm excited about the topic. The theme is "That I May Know Him" based on the verse from Philippians 3:10. We've all been asked not just to speak on the topic of knowing Jesus but preach Christ out of the Psalms. Awesome!

Let me give you some reasons why this is awesome. These are true not just for some meetings but also for your life.

1. Christ is EVERYTHING (Col.1:14-18)
2. Christ is in EVERY PART of Scripture (Jn. 5:39; Heb. 10:7)
3. Christ is REFRESHING (Jn. 4:13,14)

I'll be honest with you (not that I'm not normally honest with you!) but the last few months have been tough. Like everyone I've had a lot on my mind and all sorts of things going on in my life and the lives of those around me. Quite frankly, I'm getting tired and I'm looking forward to my holiday. In God's timely manner, though, He arranged for me to preach at these meetings. My preparation for my sermon has been to spend my devotional time in the Messianic Psalms. If you have never spent time in the Messianic Psalms I would encourage you to do so. As a result I'm still physically tired but my spirit is refreshed.

I know life is busy, crazy and tiring. I know everybody wants a piece of you and your time. I also know that time spent getting to know Jesus and contemplating His character and nature and learning what it means to be like Him is the most refreshing thing you will ever do. The "Living Water" is truly regenerating, refreshing and revitalising. He doesn't just give life but sustains it.

I'm looking forward to attending these meetings. I'm looking forward to attending them because other godly men can tell me more about Jesus.

I'm going to encourage you to go to these meetings because you can NEVER hear Christ preached too often. Pray with me that Christ will be exalted over all else not just in those meetings for that one week but in our church every week.

Pastor Brian