Miracle From The Pew To The Pulpit

Many people go attend worship services when they do not feel like it. They may sing or choose to meditate on the words when their world is falling apart. Many opt to stay at home. Many have shattered dreams and broken hearts. They are barely able to cling to faith. Many come to worship and sing and seek God through their pain. Each song sung is an offering to the Lord.

Many such hurting and broken people come to worship hoping for a fresh word from God. They long for a touch from the Lord to remove the burden or to move the mountain. Some sit stoically through the service though their inner world and resolve are crumbling. They know what it is like to attend a service when their hearts are not in it.

It is different for the preacher. When the preacher's private world is coming undone he does not have the option to stay at home. Nor does he get to sit in his seat to only receive. When the preacher is dry facing his own wilderness experiences there are still sermons to prepare and to preach. When preachers are emotionally depleted from funerals, counseling sessions, leadership issues, and personality problems with people in the pews they may not feel like preaching.

Of course such preachers pray through their pain and their personal issues. Of course they show up Sunday after Sunday. Yet there is another side few in the congregation ever know.

Church members receive great and glorious truth through men with clay feet. I mean God chooses to work through flawed individuals. How many in the crowd are really aware of the miracle that takes place from the pew to the pulpit.

Many pastors have sat in their pews empty, bankrupt and feeling they had nothing to give and could not possibly preach that day. They are tired from over scheduling. They weary of always having another sermon to prepare. The average person in the pew would find it surprising how quickly Sundays come around for pastors. Pastors get discouraged from criticism, low attendance, and low budgets. Pastors have to deal with their personal sin, failures, and family issues.

All of that to say there are Sundays when pastors do not feel like preaching. That is when God intervenes. He moves in the hearts of His  pastors in the few steps from the pew to the pulpit. It is supernatural. In those few moments a transformation often takes place. A revival is sparked. An awakening happens. In those few moments God infuses His servants with life, energy, passion, and supernatural power to do the great glorious work of preaching. He splashes anointing over the depleted hearts of His warrior preachers. This is nothing short of miraculous.

Few people in the pews know this miracle happens. They come to get their cups filled by servants of the Lord who often preach when their cups are empty. God is their supply and through the miracle from the pew to the pulpit many cups run over. Praise the Lord.