Hello friends!
Last Saturday night, the Top Knots and I were talking about church the next morning. Our host has asked 2 of us to share sermons every Sunday while we are here. Naomi was planning on doing it with Shannon, but she was sick, so she couldn’t attend church. The way things worked out, I was next on the list to share. *Insert wide-eyed, blank stare emoji*
But for some reason, I was totally chill about it. Before the Race started and even the first half of the Race, I told myself (and God), that I was going to share as little as possible, if ever. So this feeling of calmness that came with public speaking was extremely foreign to me. (Ask the people from my group projects in college – I would stand in front of a group of 100 or one person and physically shake. My legs, my arms, my voice. Everything. It was so embarrassing. And I hated it.) Now, though, I think there is this confidence in the Lord I have that He will speak through me. I knew He would before, but now, having experienced it a few times, I am sure He will.
Back to Saturday night. I had no idea what I was going to preach on. But of course, God pulled through and reminded me of a blog I wrote a week earlier that I was saving to post because blogs from Baileigh are a rare commodity and I didn’t want to post all of my blogs in one week. Also, posting too many blogs at once has resulted in less people reading them. (#MediaStrategy #AdvertisingMajor) So, I changed some formatting and made a sermon out of it.
When I finished making my edits, it kind of hit me that God had me write this sermon the Tuesday before I was going to preach it. Maybe I didn’t know it, but He did. He knows me. He knew I would scramble when I found out last minute I would have to preach. He blessed me with this sermon (and blog – woot woot) in advance to show me how he is ordaining our time in Myanmar.
Another example is when Naomi wrote her sermon for the same Sunday, it was about Jesus calling the first disciples. Not knowing this, Shannon accidentally wrote her sermon on the same thing. Now, with Naomi being sick, this was not a problem, but we think it was so clear that God wanted this topic to be preached.
God had a plan and He made it happen.
I’ll post the blog I was planning on posting next, but I wanted to give you a back story and share a testimony of God’s provision and vastness. His plans (no matter how minor they seem) are always so much greater than ours.
Thanks for reading and stay tuned.
With love,
Baileigh
