This past Sunday was a frustrating day for me...and I truly brought it upon myself. It was sort of the first Sunday that really felt like a "work day" instead of "the Lord's Day." Those of you involved in full-time ministry work can probably relate to this. I slept in a little too late that morning and stayed out a little too late the night before. Thus, I arrived to church a little later than I like. I didn't as much prep time in before teaching the class that morning, and I felt rushed and stressed during worship. What should have been time devoted solely and completely to God was spent, instead, going over all the things I still had to do that afternoon. Meetings, things to type, people to call...and, namely, the youth-led worship service for that evening we still had yet to plan, including my half of the sermon!
I spent most of Sunday fretting, feverishly putting together a rather sloppy lesson outline discussing how children should honor their parents (like they've never heard that before), and thinking mean thoughts about our young men who were helping with the evening service as the clock ticked past 6:00 pm and they had yet to show up. All in all, I did a pretty lousy job of being not just a minister, but a Christian...and on the Lord's Day of all days!
Instead, the worrisome day I had envisioned in my mind turned out to be wonderful in terms of what was done on God's behalf. While I was worried about things being done the way I wanted them and on my schedule, God was busy helping our young men lead our congregation in a beautiful evening worship service filled with songs, prayer, and Scripture. My hastily-compiled lesson (while I never condone under-preparedness...after all, God loves a prepared speaker) went smoothly and easily (so it was obviously not me doing the talking!), and at the end of the day I looked back on a day that, in essence, sums up what is probably a normal day for most of us Christians out there:
While we're busy worrying, fretting, stressing, and ____-ing (you fill in the blank), God is busy in the background, forming things to His blessed will, and quite frankly not really paying attention to what we're worrying about...which is probably a good thing. If only we could learn from the Master, think how much more we could accomplish for Him on a daily basis!
So, lesson this Sunday...let go, and let God.
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