Wellspring of Refreshment
While waiting in line, I began thinking about humanity's need for water. I and more than 6 billion other people require a certain amount of water daily or we die. As I inched my way to the counter, I continued contemplating the program's idea that we should take specific actions to help ensure that there is enough water for everyone around the world to survive. How closely that water-relief program relates to the critical need for God's Word and his truth—not only for survival in this world, but also for eternal salvation.
Minutes later, while driving toward Covenant Seminary, I thought about the kind of water we need for life. Tainted, foul water can make us sick; we can die from drinking putrid water. As I pondered this, I was reminded that it is only the Living Water—the true Word of God—that can give us life and deliver us from death. It is the true, powerful, Living Word of God that is so critical for us to spread to a perishing world.
When I think about the godly teaching that pastoral candidates receive at Covenant Seminary, I am always taken by the incredible blessing it is for these young students to learn the true and accurate Word of God and that through them his Word will be disseminated both here and abroad for decades to come. Thousands and thousands of thirsty people will hear the Word and be called by our Lord to their salvation. It is breathtaking to think of the exponential results that can happen because of what God is doing at this unique seminary.
But not only are the students at Covenant Seminary drinking up biblical knowledge and deep spiritual insights, hundreds of other men in the St. Louis area are also quenching their thirst for truth as they participate in a Tuesday morning Bible study. Men who have attended describe the teaching as "deep," "clear," and "convicting."
Not long ago, access to the teaching of Covenant Seminary's professors was limited to students and local community members. With growing technology and the Seminary's commitment to sharing the resources they have been given, millions of people now have access to grace-based teaching and can continue to grow spiritually through the Seminary's online resources that include complete seminary courses as well as many other helps for life and ministry. Praise God from whom all such good things flow!
JACK HUGHES
Jack Hughes recently retired from the Hughes Group, a nationally known marketing communications firm in St. Louis, Missouri. He has been an involved friend and supporter of Covenant Seminary for many years and a faithful attendee of the Men's Leadership Breakfast.
