Pregnant
I started reading Matthew's gospel this week. There is a verse that says that Mary was pregnant by the Holy Spirit. Christ was literally conceived by the Spirit of God. I wrote in the margin of my Bible--nothing has changed. The Holy Spirit is still conceiving Christ in us!
The Christmas story is a microcosm--it is a physical example of what God is trying to do in all of us spiritually.
Only the things conceived by the Holy Spirit will produce lasting fruit. Everything else will miscarriage. That is why it is so critical that everything be birthed in prayer. That is the only way to gaurantee that we don't experience a still birth. Dreams conceived by the Spirit are immortal. Everything else has a very short life span.
I'm especially cognizant of these kinds of things during a week like this--our annual staff planning retreat. The best laid plans of mice and men don't amount to a hill of beans. But one idea conceived by the Holy Spirit can turn a city upside down!
On another note. I feel like I'm pregnant again. I've got another book idea. It's hard to describe, but I feel this way with every series I preach. It typically beings as a single idea. But something about it implants in my spirit and it grows exponentially.
I think getting my book yesterday really released me to begin working on the next one. It was almost like one chapter ended and another one began. When you've given birth to one book it gives you a sense of what to expect so I'm a mixture of emotions. I think I have to describe preaching and writing as a labor of love. It's hard work, but I wouldn't want to be doing anything else.
The Christmas story is a microcosm--it is a physical example of what God is trying to do in all of us spiritually.
Only the things conceived by the Holy Spirit will produce lasting fruit. Everything else will miscarriage. That is why it is so critical that everything be birthed in prayer. That is the only way to gaurantee that we don't experience a still birth. Dreams conceived by the Spirit are immortal. Everything else has a very short life span.
I'm especially cognizant of these kinds of things during a week like this--our annual staff planning retreat. The best laid plans of mice and men don't amount to a hill of beans. But one idea conceived by the Holy Spirit can turn a city upside down!
On another note. I feel like I'm pregnant again. I've got another book idea. It's hard to describe, but I feel this way with every series I preach. It typically beings as a single idea. But something about it implants in my spirit and it grows exponentially.
I think getting my book yesterday really released me to begin working on the next one. It was almost like one chapter ended and another one began. When you've given birth to one book it gives you a sense of what to expect so I'm a mixture of emotions. I think I have to describe preaching and writing as a labor of love. It's hard work, but I wouldn't want to be doing anything else.
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