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.