Monday, January 26, 2004

By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible.
(Hebrews 11.3 NRSV)

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Every once in a while you run across a newspaper story that makes you think that the whole world is going bonkers. Here is one from a paper in Kentucky: A youth pastor was charged with calling in a bomb threat to a Western Kentucky church where he was scheduled to preach that night. The young pastor said he made the call on a Sunday evening because he was unprepared for the service that night. He told police he called 911 from the church about 6:30 p.m. CDT and told the dispatcher there was a bomb in the church. "When questioned, he was cooperative and told us he made the call," State Trooper Larry Abel said. The church was evacuated after the call, and a police search revealed no bomb. However the 7 p.m. service was canceled.

The young man been youth pastor at the Calhoun church for more than two years, according to a statement from the church's associate pastor. He had delivered sermons before. But this time he was not prepared.

When I read that article my reaction was, HE DID WHAT? Called in a bomb threat because he wasn't prepared to preach? I guess every pastor has been tempted at some time or another to do something drastic, so has every teacher and every lawyer and every sales person when he or she has a presentation to make for which he or she is not prepared. Sometimes when we are not prepared or when something just doesn't feel right or we simply don't want to do something, we will go to desperate extremes.

Are you prepared for what God is calling you to do?

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Dear Jesus, help me to be prepared to follow your calling. Amen.

Ron Newhouse

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