Living My Sermons

Most Sundays I have the privilege of standing before people who are faithful to God and have a belief in the mission of Canoe Creek Christian Church. It is a blessing to preach God's word. There are times when I God designs an incident in my life so that the sermon I can preach is more rich and passionate for those who hear it. There are also times when I work out a passage and preach a message only to find the following week that the message was even more for me than I could have ever imagined. God is good and He knows exactly what we need to hear and when we need to hear it.

I have just had one of those moments where there is a situation in my life that is exactly what my message last week was. I find myself reviewing my thoughts and God's word that I just preached less than a week ago. Sometimes we want this bong on the head and God to speak out loud His will into our ears. I am confident that God gives very clear markers as to the directions he wants us to go. The question is, are we close enough in our relationship with God to hear what He has to say? Are we tuned into God having our minds fixed on the heavens above so when he lands a street sign pointing out the direction we recognize it?

I so desperately want what I preach to be to the glory of God and the salvation of His people. I have to be honest, my pride and ego have gotten in the way of that too many times. I thought that I had reached the place where I could say, "I have finally realized that I don't have everything figured out but at least I know I don't have it figured out", but I regretfully have to say that may not be true because there are still times I think I do. There is still so much to learn and so much work to be done in my mind and heart.

I am thankful the Lord is patient.