From the Best to the Worst
We have
several Christian Radio Stations in our city, so I have a choice of
things to listen to depending on my preferences for the day. One day I
heard an AWESOME sermon, and I just have to share
the main point with you, as I think it shows how important our
dependance on God really is...and
should be.
The Pastor shared an experience he had of delivering his best sermon ever,
and the following week delivering his worst sermon ever.
The results were amazing...read on...
The Pastor shared an experience he had of delivering his best sermon ever,
and the following week delivering his worst sermon ever.
The results were amazing...read on...
Let's start with his best sermon ever...
He said that he spent a great deal of time preparing for this sermon. The topic was inspiring, one that he liked, and his preparation went without a hitch. He delivered the sermon and felt it was the best job he had ever done. Needless to say, he was proud of the work he had done for the Lord.
But just like in the sports world, where a team plays its best game, only to follow that up with their worst game ever, so it happened that his sermon the following week turned out to be what he felt was the worst sermon the he ever delivered.
He mentioned that his prepartion time was constantly interrupted, and he just had trouble focusing and getting into the right frame of mind....you know the story. When we do great, we sometimes fall into a complacent frame of mind. The time came to deliver the sermon. He felt he wasn't ready, and didn't feel at all confident and after the sermon felt it was the worst of his career.
Here is where the story gets interesting...
This Pastor mentioned that over the years he had developed a unique tracking system, one that he felt told him how effective each sermon was over time. I won't go into the details for the sake of keeping this blog a bit shorter, but it was quite interesting how he tracked this process.
As he tracked these two sermons, this is what he found out. The BEST sermon that he had ever delivered turned out to be one of his worst when he looked at the tracking results. The WORST sermon that he had ever delivered turned out to be one of his best.
And he proceeded to explain why this happened...
After the first sermon, he felt he did a good job, an excellent job! He felt confident and walked proud thinking about the good job that "he" had done. But after the second sermon, he felt that he had failed in his job as a Pastor. From the moment he finished the second sermon and all through the week, he prayed about that sermon and he asked that the Lord would move upon those who heard it and would produce the results that God intended.
The first sermon was done under his own power, without prayer. He felt he had done a good job and didn't ask God for help. The second sermon, although delivered under his own power once again, was followed with fervent prayer. The first sermon produced no results. The second sermon however produced lots of fruit. What a great lesson on "why we need to pray!
The lesson
to all of this is quite clear. Without God, our best is
worthless.
With God, our worst is much better than our best alone could ever be.
With God, our worst is much better than our best alone could ever be.
With God,
all things are possible!
What other verses would you add to complete this thought?
What other verses would you add to complete this thought?
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