10/20/22 SEEKING HELP IS REASONABLE

10/20/22 SEEKING HELP IS REASONABLE

I have qualified and expert people to call on for help in various areas. I don't hesitate when I personally need help or my ministry needs help. I recognize that there are other people who can help me and I am thankful for their abilities and their availability.

I am equipped and available to help people in my field of expertise. Yet we live in a time when hardly anyone acknowledges that they need spiritual, Biblical, relational, personal counsel or help. Very few people realize that every area of their lives has a spiritual connection, requiring spiritual guidance and input.

Most folks gladly accept help from others, in most area of their lives, but the devil does not want believers to get the help they need. Sometimes the devil robs the believer because the pastor is not qualified or available. But sometimes the believer robs himself because he ignores, resents, rejects the insights God offers through a chosen pastor.

Just as the Christian need for meaningful interaction with other believers is especially needed in these days, so is the specialized work of a God called, Spirit led, Biblically sound, pastor.

I realize I wear people out with my constant encouragement to get spiritual guidance, but I see ministers (such as myself) in the same situation as that of a doctor who has the answers for widespread human suffering, or any other person who has answers for human dilemmas. I don't force my counsel on anyone, but it bothers me greatly when I watch people fall to problems that could have been avoided. Sometimes the pastor can see the coming wreck, but cannot do anything about it because folks just won't listen.