Listening Ears.

 I am not a big fan of  The Chosen series. Some people love them. I think that the films are well made, but in spite of the content, I find them boring to watch. I see them as the view of those ancient times from the eyes of someone who sees life much different than I do. Their view of faith is from a classic Christian perspective, not a Pentecostal perspective. And most of the stories are purely conjecture, trying to tell the stories that God did not think were important to include in the Bible.

I know that we, as believers, rely on our pastors to rightly divide the word of truth and to mine the depths of the Bible to bring us a word in due season. We, like the people with Moses, do not want to go up on the mountain where the glory dwells and where God is. We want our pastors to go there and to return with shining faces to tell us what God says. 

I read the Bible every day. I have read it for years. And I still go to church every service looking for truth to come from my pastor's mouth to my listening ears. I am interested to hear his thoughts, his perspective, his insights, and his understanding of how to live the Christian life today. I go to church ready to hear all that the Lord has given our pastors to tell us. 

His yoke is easy, his burden is light.