The Incongruent Believer

"We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito." C.S.Lewis Today I took a break from reading slowly and thoughtfully through the Old Testament and turned to the Psalms. I am quite familiar with Psalm 1 having attributed it to a couple of people I have know over the years but Psalm 2 is less familiar apart from the opening verses. I read it several times, then I mulled over each verse in turn and it was the final verse that inspired me to write this brief blog. 12  Kiss his son, or he will be angry     and your way will lead to your destruction, for his wrath can flare up in a moment.     Blessed are all who take refuge in him. The consequences of nations not recognising, honouring, and obeying God are reflected in the passage, “and your way will lead to your destruction”. This caused me to think of our nation, Great Britain. This tiny kingdom that conquered half of th...

I was having my blood taken today by a very friendly and chatty nurse who asked me a question that I am often posed, “why did you become a minister?" For some reason she, like many people I come across are taken aback by the frankness and honesty of my response which is always, “God told me to.” If they dare to enquire further (as my tattoo artist did once) they will be treated with a full rundown of what I experience in the period leading up to me deciding to leave industry and spend four years of study and training to become a minister. I was thinking about that on the drive home from the doctor’s surgery, why else would someone become a minister if not called by God, and not only that, having that called affirmed by the church.  This is starting to become another “rabbit hole” as I sit here wondering how many ministers throughout the world are practicing and leading congregations not because God told them to do it - whatever one’s experience of that is - but for some other reas...