“…(H)is (W)ord was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.”

 

 

Pastor Sonsek, Pastor Muxlow, and i have been reading and discussing a book. This book is called, “The Man of God.” This book speaks to the qualifications for the pastor. Pastor Sonsek has also been discussing some of this on Sunday mornings.

This article is meant to coincide with the book and the Sunday Morning services. We will not build upon his work, we certainly will not be disagreeing with him. What we are seeking to do is to write a kind of prequel to both the book and theSunday services.

Before the qualifications, before the desire of the office, comes the burning fire in the bones of the man thatis called by God, gifted by God, and would be a preacher of God’s Glory. This burning fire cannot be shut up or stayed (stopped).

The man that is called, the man that is gifted, the man with the burning fire in his bones will meet the qualifications. The first (1st) question the man that would be a preacher is, “Could you do anythingelse and be satisfied?” If the answer is “Possibly,”  “Maybe,”  “Probably,”  “I think so.” The man may be a man of God but he is not the Man of God. The only answer to the question is, “NO, NO WAY, NO HOW, I COULDNOT BE HAPPY OR EVEN SATISFIED DOING ANYTHING ELSE.”

This is true of anything God calls someone to. Could David be satisfied not being king? Could Paul be happy being anything other than the Apostle to the Gentiles.  I dare say, Paul would not be satisfied being an Apostle to the Jews. Nor would Peter or James be satisfied being Apostles to the Gentiles. John was an Apostle to the Jews until God sent him to Ephesus late in life. John would not have been satisfied being Apostle to Gentiles until it was his time to be so

What is true of the preacher and the Apostles is true of you. You and i, Beloved Reader, will not be truly satisfied or happy until we take flight and meet the Lord in the air and be with Him forever, throughout Eternity. You may think you are satisfied with life as it is but that is because you know not what awaits you and you have not thought upon what Scripture reveals of your future.

C.S. Lewis wrote about a fish and how it is satisfied being in the water because it was made and meant for water. This is not so of you and me. We desire more because there is more and we are made and meant for More, Beloved.

We are meant to be with God and to be Christ-like. Christ-like in holiness and in glorified body…..Beloved, i’m talking flight, ability to transport according to will. Someone might say, “But wait a minute, i may be doing somethingi don’t want anyone to see me doing. I’m not too sure about someone just popping in or transporting themselves into my home” Perish the thought, Reader, There will be no sin in our home in Heaven. There will be Heaven in our home!!! Now give praise unto God.

How do i know this? We will be Christ-like and Christ can do these acts. Also if Star Trek can come up with this, so Did God…first (1st). Anything man can imagine, God has already created it and has put it into use. He has done it infinitely better also.

Your desire for something more speaks to your Salvation. If a person is satisfied with and in this world they are home, but we are not, for we are sojourners seeking another country.

As the burning fire burns in the bones of the man who would be The Man of God, so to does a holy fire burn within the Christ-ian who awaits the homecoming.