“The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of His power to usward who believe” (Ephesians 1:18-19a).

Pastor Kenward would be taking the day off today. However, his ministry actually continued as two of the men from his church family, Peter and Marvin, would be riding across the state on business with a third man whose name was Harv, who didn’t attend Pastor Kenward’s church. “Honestly Harv, what a powerful service yesterday. You should have heard the choir and the congregational singing. But the best part was the message our pastor shared from the Bible. I couldn’t believe it when he said, ‘Now let’s close in prayer.’ I glanced down at my watch, and I couldn’t believe that forty minutes had flown by!” Peter said.  Harvey looked away from the steering wheel for just a second as he said, “You have got to be kidding me. What in the world did your pastor speak about?” As Harvey put the left directional light on and pulled out to pass a slower moving vehicle, Peter responded, “He talked about understanding the confidence we have in the Lord’s awesome power. He talked about our inheritance and the riches of God’s vast glory.” As Harvey pulled back into the driving lane, he said, “I am missing out. I really mean it. I went to church yesterday, but my pastor didn’t even mention the Bible. He didn’t read from the Bible. He spoke for about ten minutes on stuff that really didn’t matter much. Your church sounds like a place I want to be. I really need to know the Lord and learn more about Him.” Pastor Kenward may have been off-duty that Monday, but two men from the church family shared wonderful truth about their pastor’s message and the Scriptures. How about you? What did your pastor preach about yesterday? Did he preach from the Word of God? If not, it’s time friend to find a church where the pastor does preach the Word of God!

For today: May the principles of God’s Word be at work in our lives every day.