Sermon: Mark 13:32-37
December 3rd, 2007 · Posted in SERMONS · 0 CommentsI have posted my sermon from yesterday on my sermon blog. It’s the first of my advent series of sermons this year on opening our eyes and ears to see and hear God — opening our mouths to tell others about God — and opening our hearts to accept God. Yesterday’s sermon was based on Mark 13:32-37 and entitled “Open Your Eyes And See God”.
Here’s a portion of it:
Staying awake – staying focused – staying vigilant – especially when it seems that nothing is happening — is not easy.
I’ve talked to Viet Nam vets who have told me that pulling guard duty at night in Vietnam was extremely difficult. They would sit for long stretches of time — trying to see into the darkness — watching for an enemy that seldom came. They
had to stay awake — to stay alert — to watch — but it was hard. It wasn’t that they wanted anything exciting to happen, because that could be deadly — but the boredom was deadly too.God comes to us in the most surprising of ways – unexpected ways – ways that we might overlook if we are not vigilant in our efforts to see and recognize the coming of God into our lives. If we do not make a concerted effort to open our eyes and see God, we might miss God altogether!
You can read the entire sermon here.
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