Always New

Have you ever been to a buffet where you inhaled so much wonderful food that you had trouble remembering exactly what you ate? In a weird way that's how I felt earlier this month when I attended the Ohio Valley Presbytery Men's' retreat. In less than two days I had listened to 5 hours worth of preaching/teaching by the following, wonderful men of God: Bryan Chapel, Zach Eswine, Dennis Hack, and John Sartelle. Even though it's been a few weeks since the retreat, I'm still digesting everything I heard. As a matter of fact, the presbytery recently uploaded the sessions to their website, and I'm currently go through them again. Over the next few weeks I intend to write a little more on what I've learned from these teachings. However, one thing that did become extremely clear to me at the conference was that when the Gospel of Christ is properly preached (and/or read), it is always new. Too often I come to the Word of God hoping that I will discover something new and exciting; something I've never read or thought about before; something that will spark an idea in my head that will initiate a solution to a problem. Unfortunately when I do this I often walk away from the Bible feeling unsatisfied. What these speakers at the retreat taught me (not necessarily intentionally), was that no matter how many times the Gospel is preached and heard, it is always refreshing to our souls. The Gospel of Christ is more than food for thought, it's a feast for the soul, and no matter how often we hear it, it is always new. Never stale or bland the, Gospel of Christ is to the soul as a king's feast is to a weary Pilgrim; refreshing and effectual.

May the Gospel of Christ nourish your soul and bring you nigh to God; today, tomorrow and forevermore.