Rev Bill

I have posted today’s sermon on my sermon blog.

It’s the second in my sermon series on Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph — this one based on the call of Abraham (Abram) in Genesis 12:1-9 and entitled “Stepping Out In Faith”.

Here’s a portion of it:

In the book Chicken Soup For The Soul, there is an article entitled, “The Great Escape.” It tells about Wendy Marston and the time she moved away from her home in Colorado to attend Columbia University in New York City. Her story is like thousands of other young people who have moved away from home in order to get an education. And, like many others, Wendy didn’t find the experience easy.
She didn’t seem to fit in with the insanity of New York City.
Joining the Rowing Crew at the University seemed like a good idea — but the thought of getting up at 5:30 AM for practice didn’t appeal to her. She dated an actor for awhile, only to have him dump her for someone else. She even tried throwing herself into her schoolwork, but that didn’t seem to work either. Finally, she started waitressing at a local coffee shop and things began to turn around for her. There she met a new friend and the two of them worked on their schoolwork together. Inside the coffee shop there was a casual atmosphere and Wendy had the opportunity to interact with some of her college professors on a one-to-one basis. She made a close circle of friends and that helped her throughout her career at Columbia and beyond.
Now – what impresses me that Wendy Marston is that she learned she could take risks and try new things until she found something that worked.
But what impressed me more was her personal discovery. She realized that her journey wasn’t about becoming some new person. Rather, it was simply figuring out that she could be comfortable with the person God called her to be.
A lot of times we have to try new things – take risks – try new things or try doing old things in new ways – to truly discover the person God is calling us to be.

You can read the entire sermon here.

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