I have loved exegesis for such a long time. I love the text. I love unraveling the Word of Jesus Christ. My gift is teaching and preaching. However, I have learned that effectiveness goes beyond just exegesis. I am learning more and more. That preaching outside the realm of being marinated in suffering is weak. For example, I can exegete the doctrine of Hell, and do it well. However, if Hell has not touched my life, in that tears are the fuel that cause me to preach on Hell. Then, I have missed it. If I preach on the doctrine of sin, and not have it hit me between my eyes. Then, again I have missed it. When was the last time I have preached on sin, and not wept over my own sin, the sin of my family and the sin of my church family. I have not reached exegetical pains.
In the sovereign plan of Jesus Christ, He has caused me to have exegetical pains in my life. He has done the "Oh" in Psalm 34:8. The Hebrew expression of that word is "OOOOOOOOHHHHHHH" and my prayer is for the man of the Word of God to live in that "Oh" so that the man of God will reach those exegetical pains. Amen?
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