It is Saturday afternoon and I’m
done! (Well, almost) I slept in till 10am (which is the whole point of Saturday
mornings), got working till noon, had lunch, watched the Olympics BMX event on
TV, then spent another hour on the conclusion before posting up the text on my
blog. You can read it here. What I have at this point is a first draft. It has
the main points I wanted to cover, but perhaps, without the refinement I would
have liked.
Sabbath
Putting up the text on my blog is
my way of committing to the text. It means I have something for Sunday. It
means the job is done and I can lay down my tools. It means I won’t be up all
night tweaking my sermon but will be able to sleep like a Calvinist (and I do)
without worrying about what I will have say the next day in church, trusting
that I have put in the time, prayer and work responsibly needed to preach
faithfully from God's word. I want to be able to rest, to spend time with my family and friends, and to Sabbath. There is a big farewell dinner for a
fantastic brother and friend tonight and I want to 100% there, not a million
miles away in my head thinking about my sermon.
Preaching to my soul
But what I will continue to do
from now till tomorrow is pray. I want to preach the sermon to my own soul, to apply God's word to my own walk in Jesus. In
particular, in relation to this week’s text on Isaiah Chapter 2, I am asking
myself, “Do I see Jesus in his splendour? Am I allowing him to expose the idols
in my heart?”
Tomorrow, I’ll do a post-mortem
on the day that went by at the Chinese Church, but better yet, come by, join us and let me
know what you thought about the message. Was it clear enough? Was it faithful
to the text? Did it need more illustrations? We meet 2pm Sunday afternoon at St Columba’s Church, next to Revolution Bar. Hope to see you there!
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