Dear Bro. John:
Tonight was more than fulfilling to heart and soul! I love that moment when you just feel the pull towards the feelings of God and it overwhelms your heart. Whatever your thoughts before that happens just fade away and God comes in and takes over. I love that!
As you were preaching from Psalms that is exactly what happened to me. The feelings of God came and pushed out everything else. Then, as your words were dropping like honey into my heart, the Lord spoke, “I didn’t give you a good husband; I gave you a good pastor”. His words confirmed that he had given me exactly what I needed for my salvation. Whatever we feel is lacking in our lives, Jesus has replaced those things with far better than we could ever imagine for ourselves. Jesus saw all these years that my need was not in a good husband. I needed what he spoke of in Jeremiah 3:15:
“And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.”
The gift of a good pastor is no small thing. We would perish without the knowledge and understanding from a pastor with a heart like God. What Jesus said makes me have more compassion for God’s people who are not being fed the abundant riches we enjoy because they have no good shepherd to feed them.
So encouraging and uplifting tonight! Thank you, Bro. John, for your labor of love in Jesus. And thank you, Jesus, for the gift of a good pastor!
Sandy