One Preacher's Heart

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"God wants us to witness to the world. But in order to be able to communicate, we need to live the kind of life that backs up what we say. That is the essence of Hebrews 13. If we do not support Christianity by our lives, then the world sees God as a liar, Jesus Christ as a fraud, and Christianity as a joke. Practical holiness is as strategic to our proclamation of doctrinal truth."

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Written by Bob Moorhead, Adapted by Tom Vestal

I'm a part of the fellowship of the unashamed. I have been given the power of the Holy Spirit. The dye has been cast and I have stepped over the line. The decision has been made and I'm a disciple of His. I won't look back, let up, slow down, back away, or be still.

My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, and my future is secure. I'm finished and done with Godless living, sight walking, small planning, smooth knees, colorless dreams, tamed visions, mundane talking, "chintzy giving," and dwarfed goals. I no longer need pre-eminence, prosperity, position, promotions, plaudits, or popularity. I don't have to be right, first, tops, recognized, praised, regarded or rewarded. I now live by His presence, walk by faith, learn by patience, lift by prayer and labor by power. My face is set, my gait is fast, y goal is heaven, my road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions few, my Guide reliable, my mission clear. I cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away, turned back, deluded or delayed. I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of the adversary, negotiate at the table of the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity, or meander in the maze of mediocrity. I won't give up, shut up, or let up until I have stayed up, stored up, prayed up, paid up, and preached up for the cause of Christ.

I am a disciple of Jesus. I must go till He comes, give till I drop, preach till all know, and work till He stops me, and when He comes for His own He will have no problem recognizing me...my colors will be clear for His shed blood is over the doorpost of my heart and by the grace of God I will dwell in the House of the lord forever!

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