I was asked to preach at a cafe style worship service this evening. The topic I was given was creation...
Through the week I have prepared and prayed about this service; I knew they style would need to be informal, I knew that I would need to draw on illustrations from popular culture...
But as I drove off to fulfill the engagement I felt ill prepared; then God stepped in. I am amazed at the way that God stepped in...
He HAS called me to preach but this evening the preaching was beyond my natural abilities, and yet using them. I remembered long forgotten illustrations, spoke in ways I had not anticipated...
I have to give glory to God, and I have to accept that no matter what I might think about myself that he has chosen to call me and to give me gifts in a particular way, and that of course is true for all of us in different ways...
It is humbling and awe-inspiring, and just plain amazing...
Thanks be to God...
