Preach the Word

In this great dynamic of God showing mercy, there is a threat. Jonah was going into Nineveh to save Nineveh, but the message is (a threat) one of judgement that Nineveh will be destroyed and yet the message is one of mercy. God says, “Jonah, preach the message I tell you!” I want to tell you that many of us are preachers and are guilty of not preaching the message that God gives us. Because if we were on point, we would be preaching more messages of judgement and not feeding candy and sweet potato pie and pumpkin pie all the time. Sometimes you gotta have that okra preaching, sometimes you have that spinach and kale and those turnips and that squash preaching and all that stuff that I don’t like. You gotta have it! Because the message God sends to a world is not just a candy message!

Prayer: Forgive us Lord when we spare Your people the rod of Your Word. It is a hard Word at times, heavenly Father. Nonetheless, it is living, powerful, sharper than any two edge sword. The incisions it makes is purposeful to expose the thoughts and intent of our hearts. Amen!
By Pastor Wayne Cockrell
Taken from “Repentance That Impresses God”