Loving the Mud with the MudPreacher

This blog is dedicated to Jeremiah, the very first Mud Preacher! Jeremiah became a Mud Preacher when he was imprisoned at the bottom of a well in King Zedekiah’s prison. There was no water in the well, but at the bottom was a thick layer of mud. Jeremiah sunk into that mud, perhaps up to his chest. Covered with mud, he kept on preaching from the bottom of the well. What was he preaching you say? What could he have been saying that even the King wanted to shut him up?

Jeremiah was simply telling the King and his princes what they must do to live. He was preaching to them the reward of LIFE! “This is what the Lord says: ‘Everyone who stays in Jerusalem will die from war, famine, or disease, but those who surrender to the Babylonians will live. Their reward will be life. They will live!’ Jeremiah 38:2 (NLT)

Jeremiah kept on proclaiming the Word of God no matter what it cost him, even being stuck chest deep in mud at the bottom of a well. He along with other Old Testament Prophets realized we are all just big hunks of mud. For Paul reminds us:  “We have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.” (2 Cor 4:7).

I join the long line of men who fearlessly proclaim the truth of God’s Word. Sink me to the bottom of a muddy well and I will keep on preaching. I am just a hunk of mud blessed with the excellency of the power of God’s Word. This mudpreacher loves to preach the Word of God, not to heads, but to hearts. The Preaching of the Cross is foolishness to those who are perishing,  but to us it is the Power of God.

Understand that this mudpreacher has been in the business world, running his own companies, when God finally persuaded him to surrender to a call that God had given him years earlier. So this love for proclaiming God’s Word comes with real-world experience and application.

God needs us to prepare the way for His coming King, the Righteousness of Judah, Jesus Christ.  He needs Preachers who are not afraid to get dirty, Preachers who don’t mind a little mud now and then!