Rev Bill

I have posted my sermon from today on my sermon site. It’s based on Exodus 1:8-2:10 and entitled: God Has Big Plans.

Here’s a portion of it:

Have you ever noticed there is a difference in the way professional football teams and professional baseball teams prepare their rookies? Most NFL teams will sign a hot-shot rookie—a quarterback for example—to a multi-million dollar contract and expect to get their money’s worth the first season. It rarely happens. It happened last year when the rookie Adrian Peterson made a great impact as a rookie for the Minnesota Vikings — but that was a rare occurrence. Most football fans are familiar with names such as Heath Shuller, Brian Bosworth, and Ryan Leif. These are all players who excelled in college football and were highly touted as rookies, but simply were not ready for the challenges of playing professional football. Major League Baseball , on the other hand, uses a completely different strategy. It is not uncommon for a baseball team to sign a rookie to a high-priced contract, and send him to play Double A ball in a town like Birmingham or Omaha. For example, Sammy Sosa and Mark Magwire both began their career in the minor leagues; each was brought up to the major leagues when he was ready. In fact, Sosa bounced from the majors to the minors a couple of times before settling in at Chicago.
God’s method is more like the baseball model than the football. God will not ask you to do more that you are able to do. God will not use you until He has put you through a time of preparation – much as Noah, Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, and Moses went through.

You can read the sermon here.

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