The Gate Man

Yesterday a little girl in my church wrote and illustrated the story of Jesus' birth. She wrote how Jesus grew into a "gate man." I think she meant "great man," but her theology was none the worse for the spelling mistake. Indeed, Jesus is the gate man. I thought how perfect an illustration of what happens in preaching: In spite of the preacher's frailty and proneness to error, the Spirit is able to work, not just in spite of these conditions, but actually with them to make truth be even more meaningful.