Let's Stay Sensible

When is the last time you thought about the character quality of sensibility?
As pastors, we’re charged with the task, remember? 

“The overseer must be sensible” Titus (1:7-8)

Sophron is the term. It has in mind “thinking appropriately.” It means you’re not given to extremes. You’re able to see between the lines and apply some common sense. 

We have some funny eccentrics  in the Christian ranks some real nutty people. “Where there’s light, there’s bugs.” It’s really true! They're usually people who have big, thick Bibles and notebooks full of notes on everybody'. I mean, they've got all of this information, yet haven't won a person to Christ in 50 years.

They're out of balance. And there’s another group that believes “a miracle a day keeps the devil away.” They drive up and see a parking place at the supermarket and they think it’s a MIRACLE! And they tell their friends about it. It’s not a miracle  it’s just that a car wasn't there. Pull in, park. Get a life! There is even 'bereaved parents whom believe their dead son is performing miracles at their house. They claim a mysterious oil that weeps from the walls of his bedroom leaves messages! Then there is people that think their toaster has burnt the face of Jesus on their toast Some of you see shapes in clouds or fire and 'Oh it's an angel', another MIRACLE!

We can fall into that kind of extremism when there’s not somebody near us jerking on our coattails telling us we're getting kind of nutty. Some people even see faces of Jesus in a pizza! That’s a lack of sensibility.
I want to say stuff like that to every one of the CEOs I meet. Every one of the hot shots who made it by the grace of God. And every one of us senior pastors.
 
Don't forget to tingle every once in a while. Don’t forget to cry over the joy of good health, and the freedom of living in your country, and the thrill of studying the Word, and the privilege of anybody sitting and listening when you talk. 

Reverend William Bowers