Dear Pastor,
I want you to think of yourself as a conduit, a carrier of the Lord to people.
Think about an aqueduct or viaduct…it’s sole purpose is to get the water to people. Yes the Romans created some impressive and beautiful aqueducts that 1000s of years later still draw attention to their genius and the commitment to craftsmanship, but one thing that the Roman aqueducts no longer do is carry water to the people.
- Pastors and Christians are carriers of the water of life to parched and thirsty people.
- Pastors and Christians are carriers of the the resurrecting power of God into lifeless people
- Pastors and Christians are carriers of the life of the Spirit to people who are empty
It doesn’t matter how pretty we are. It doesn’t matter how flashy we are. It doesn’t matter how well “put together” we appear. It doesn’t matter whether God created us to carry Him to 10 people or 10,000 people.
The point is that we faithfully, consistently, religiously, importunately deliver gifts, messages, love, fruit, power and gospel from the throneroom of God to people.
The reality is that individually we are incomplete as conduits of the Lord. It is only together with each other and as we are held together by the Spirit, that we can carry the glory of the Lord to people.
Lastly, consider that if we are carrying nothing from God but only things from other people, the people will still die of thirst and starvation.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for carrying the presence, glory, and gospel of Jesus to people.
Let us together commit to making sure we are tapping into the eternal source of all that is good and holy so that what we deliver to people is what they truly and eternally need: God Himself!
May God richly bless and flourish us as we stay connected to Him and pour forth what He pours into us.
Christ is with us and Christ is in us!
Mike J
Pastor Michael Johnson 