When There is Never a Choir to Preach to

"Preaching to the choir," is a little phrase that means something like, "All the people you're trying to convince of something already agree with you." What happens when you're preaching, or talking/sharing/whatever you want to call it, and NOBODY agrees with you. What's more, what if you're preaching/talking/teaching/sharing God's Word and still NOBODY agrees with what you're saying?

Next time that happens, be encouraged, you aren't alone. You stand in a long line of people whom nobody listened to. 2 Things, then a link to Scripture that you SHOULD read. 1, if you find yourself in that position, you should remember YOU ARE NOT INFALLIBLE. God's Word is, but you aren't. SO, maybe it's not that the people don't agree with God's Word, but that you are preaching it in a way that contains error. Don't think you're above that. 2, maybe there isn't error in your presentation and the people listening really are stubborn and hard of heart. If that is the case, then read this Scripture passage from the call of the prophet Ezekiel. God knew the people wouldn't listen, that they were hard of heart, hearing, and rebellious. He told Ezekiel to preach anyway and God would show them that a "prophet has been among them."

So talk away, even if you have no choir.