The Sermon - Which I Sum Up Quite Without Eloquence, or Perhaps Even Sense to You
This sermon was so what I needed to hear. I've been struggling as I've sat here the last year and a half trying to figure out what to do with my life. It's not easy to wait for GOD's answers.
The verses were Isaiah 40:27-31. The pastor started out with verse 27, saying that our ways are not hidden from GOD. Why do we doubt that? We think that HE must not know, or must be ignoring our questions as to HIS will for us. But HE is GOD. HE knows. HIS ways may be unsearchable, but HE gives us the power and strength to keep going, even through the times of waiting.
The pastor then pointed out that in verse 31, 'waiting upon the LORD' and 'mounting up on wings' are connected. But they are connected with a promise: 'the LORD shall.' The way the pastor put it was that while we are waiting, we are growing wings by the grace of GOD. HE knows we will need them when HE picks us up and lets us go. If we don't have wings, we can easily fall, but when we have wings like eagles, we can fly upon the WIND. We have to get the wings first. We need to be made ready. We need to be prepared.
The pastor gave the example of Moses in Exodus 24. Before he was given the commandments, he was told to go with GOD onto the mountain and wait for instruction. There he entered GOD's presense, and was on the mountain 40 days and nights before he was told to go down to the people.
The pastor also mentioned that eagles are amazing, majestic birds. They can soar upon the wind (not questioning if it will keep them up - they know it will), their eyes can pick out a target far away (with telescope-like eyes) and stay focused on it until they reach that goal, and they can pick up prey twice their weight, which basically is them achieving the impossible. We are not called chickens. All they do is walk around and crow. We are called eagles.
And the beauty of this all is that all we have to do is wait upon HIM - and HE will renew our strength. HE will raise us up if we are faithful in the waiting.
I know I am not adequately telling what the pastor told - I'm no preacher. I don't even know if I made sense, but I did to me at least, so hopefully now I can remember that waiting is a good thing. And I so needed to hear that. I also needed to hear, though, when the pastor said that we shouldn't wait too long. If we do we get desperate and turn to other things to fix whatever the problem is. We need to listen for GOD's instruction.
It was a good sermon, no matter what I say. GOD knew what I needed and HE provided. I love HIM!
The verses were Isaiah 40:27-31. The pastor started out with verse 27, saying that our ways are not hidden from GOD. Why do we doubt that? We think that HE must not know, or must be ignoring our questions as to HIS will for us. But HE is GOD. HE knows. HIS ways may be unsearchable, but HE gives us the power and strength to keep going, even through the times of waiting.
The pastor then pointed out that in verse 31, 'waiting upon the LORD' and 'mounting up on wings' are connected. But they are connected with a promise: 'the LORD shall.' The way the pastor put it was that while we are waiting, we are growing wings by the grace of GOD. HE knows we will need them when HE picks us up and lets us go. If we don't have wings, we can easily fall, but when we have wings like eagles, we can fly upon the WIND. We have to get the wings first. We need to be made ready. We need to be prepared.
The pastor gave the example of Moses in Exodus 24. Before he was given the commandments, he was told to go with GOD onto the mountain and wait for instruction. There he entered GOD's presense, and was on the mountain 40 days and nights before he was told to go down to the people.
The pastor also mentioned that eagles are amazing, majestic birds. They can soar upon the wind (not questioning if it will keep them up - they know it will), their eyes can pick out a target far away (with telescope-like eyes) and stay focused on it until they reach that goal, and they can pick up prey twice their weight, which basically is them achieving the impossible. We are not called chickens. All they do is walk around and crow. We are called eagles.
And the beauty of this all is that all we have to do is wait upon HIM - and HE will renew our strength. HE will raise us up if we are faithful in the waiting.
I know I am not adequately telling what the pastor told - I'm no preacher. I don't even know if I made sense, but I did to me at least, so hopefully now I can remember that waiting is a good thing. And I so needed to hear that. I also needed to hear, though, when the pastor said that we shouldn't wait too long. If we do we get desperate and turn to other things to fix whatever the problem is. We need to listen for GOD's instruction.
It was a good sermon, no matter what I say. GOD knew what I needed and HE provided. I love HIM!
posted by melilotnfosco | 4:21 PM
4 Comments:
great sermon - and you summed it up nicely, except that chickens don't crow, they cluck
thanks! I think I needed to hear that too.
hobbitsister - i know - but he said crow. maybe they crow in africa.
yeah, like that. but ellen doesn't think they should make different sounds.
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