My take on I Peter 1

Usually Saturday morning I awaken thinking about a sermon I’m about to preach on Sunday.  I may even find I’ve got illustrations and further thoughts running through my head.

This week I had the sermon completed on Thursday.  This morning, Saturday, I awoke and wondered what I was preaching on.  I read the passage of I Peter 1:18-25.  On the other hand, I recalled vaguely my general points.  In my haze, I couldn’t connect the dots.  What a great fear for a preacher!   To know the Bible passage and to realize there is a sermon but maybe it doesn’t fit the passage.

So, I headed off to our church building.  Where I pulled out my sermon. 

Read it aloud. 

And realized it actually made sense. 

In fact, some of it struck me in a new way.  Which is a compliment to God’s funny bone.  That a preacher can write but God can make a point!

Tomorrow morning I trust God for physical strength to deliver a speech.  But more, I trust God to make His points for those present.

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