Hobbled by Human Inability

“We must live with the painful possibility that the results produced by the Spirit may not be satisfying to us. Here, again, is the occupational vulnerability of preaching. It is to be possessed by a holy compulsion but hobbled by human inability. It be sure, there will be continuous pain for the man called to this task. Everything in his native constitution will seek to escape from it. But he must not seek to elude the pain by redefining the aim” (Azurdia, Spirit Empowered Preaching, p. 128).