We have to take our calling as a pastor seriously – God takes it seriously, so we should. Paul told Timothy to preach the Word. He did not say preach tradition, preach someone’s ideas, preach what you think, preach what you feel. We have to preach the Word. Paul actually said:
Preach the word, be prepared in season and out of season
In season and out of season refer to whether they get it or not. You keep preaching whether the people get it or not. Kenneth Hagin was asked “why do you keep preaching on Mark 11.23 all the time? You should preach the full counsel of God!”. He replied “I will preach something else, as soon as you get Mark 11.23”.
To effectively teach the Word you will have to repeat it, again and again. You will have to develop a rhythm. I like to teach 4-6 weeks on a topic, then immediately teach a parallel topic. For example, I might teach a few weeks on prayer, then immediately teach on fasting, but as I teach on fasting I will bring back and recap what I taught on prayer. That kind of repetition is very helpful to people.
Now, think about this – God is never in a season. God is always on all the time. God is never out of season. Heaven has no seasons, God never changes. We have seasons on earth. So what does that mean? Well, someone might say “it’s time for a season of miracles”. That’s great – but it’s not that God is holding back on the miracles, it’s that we haven’t been believing and praying and imagining miracles – we are the ones who need to change season, not God.
If you are going through a season with no miracles, and no gifts of the Spirit, that’s on you, pastor, not God. You need to change season! Get with God’s season!
If you want a season of the gifts in your church, say it again pastor! Preach a sermon on the gifts, then another, then another, then another.
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