A Fresh Word From God For You
I’ve finished my sermon for the Sunday upcoming. I’m excited about it and feel like it’s a Divine Word from God; and I’m ready to print it out. I select my printer of choice from the dropdown menu of my computer, click on the button to print out this fresh Word from God, only to receive the response from my printer, “Sorry. Out of Ink.”
What?! Out of ink! Are you kidding me! I then proceed to search my desk drawers and surrounding baskets with the hopes of finding a fresh ink cartridge, only to realize there are none to be found! All the while, my frustration is building, “Why doesn’t this printer realize that I have a Now Word from God that needs to be printed now?!”
I dash to the nearest ink selling store, pay more than I anticipated, run home, put it in the computer and click to PRINT. Expecting this masterpiece from God to come out of the printer, I am instead greeted with the response of “Sorry. Out of Paper.”
“That’s it! I have had it with you printer! How dare you rob me from the delight of having a fresh Word of God that will undoubtably be the best message anyone has ever heard! Why this sermon, is going to save lives!”
By the time I get the paper and the printer finally cooperates with me, I begin to realize that God was actually speaking to me all along. The sermon I prepared wasn’t for anyone else, but me. The title of the sermon, “How to Respond When Things Don’t Go Your Way.”
Ouch…
You watch… You wait… You’ll see!
Pastor Dale Campfield