Just in case you are interested you can find the sermon online on our MEDIA PAGE (it is the “Just Say Yes, Even When You are Afraid – 1/17/10 sermon)- but to be honest I’ve already listened to it and I personally feel that it loses something when it isn’t live. I often forget JUST HOW FAST I TALK and the random crazy thoughts that come to my head while I’m preaching! ha ha ha
I had a lot of very encouraging comments and feedback after the sermon – one of our guys even told me that he thought it was “the best sermon I’ve ever heard on Esther” which was a GREAT COMPLIMENT. But ya know I try to not get too caught up in the compliments as much as I try and rely that the Holy Spirit is working in people’s lives through the messages that I share from God’s Word.
The main reason I am even sharing this whole event on my blog is because something took place on Sunday that was a real encouragement and a challenge to me as I consider the future plans that God has in store for me. You see I’ve always felt pretty comfortable and “at ease” while on the stage preaching/teaching/telling stories. But on Sunday as I was sharing – I felt as if I was EXACTLY where God wanted me to be at that moment – doing EXACTLY what He wanted me to do. I’m not sure if it was the whole Esther “And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?” – challenge from the message or what. But I totally felt like I had been put there for just that specific time.
It caused me to begin asking myself more specifically WHAT might God have placed me here for this just time & place to do? So that is a question I am going to be really trying to answer more diligently in the coming months.
I do know this – as I was sharing the message, as I was telling the stories, as I was interacting with our crowd, as we were laughing and joking, as we were pausing in reflection, as the room grew quiet with expectation and anticipation in certain moments – I was never more certain that it was that sort of thing that I was created for (not because I am great but despite of all my flaws HE uses me for GREAT purposes).
So stay tuned (if you even care) cause now “it’s on” I gotta figure this out – but I know that those moments of laughter, enjoyment, entertainment, biblical challenge, Holy Spirit movement, fellowship & worship – that is what I crave and consider to be the best I have to offer for Kingdom purposes. But I’m just not exactly sure how it all plays out at this point – but as soon as HE lets me know – I’ll pass it on to you!
But until then why not go check out one of the more crazy retellings of the story of Esther – who knows you might just learn something!
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