Persevering in Preaching
Do You Live for the Dot, or the Line?
By John Meador

I was discouraged. Having preached and led the congregation for several years, I looked back and thought, ‘Nothing is happening.’ I could see no real evidence of change, no dramatic growth in numbers, and no real signs that anything good was taking place. I was weary.”

How many times have you thought those same thoughts? If you never have, God bless you—but if you are a normal person, you’ve been there and done that. 

Preaching is unlike any other profession, in that the job is never complete. We’re always “in process.” The church is always “being” transformed—and those who follow Christ are always “being” conformed to the image of Christ. But they are never quite there. Not yet, anyway.