I can remember the very first sermon that I preached; it feels like it was so long ago that Steve Laine was just a kid.  (By the way, happy 95th birthday buddy!!!) I was quite nervous and worried about what I was going to say and how it would be perceived.  I remember a friend sharing with me the following passage from I Corinthians 2 that made me feel a lot better.  Let’s look at it together today.  

And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. 2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3 I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling. 4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, 5 so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power. 6 We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7 No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. 8 None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

The message I received that day was the importance of simply pointing people to Jesus.  It is His wisdom that we all need, not human wisdom.  Jesus crucified, risen and coming again is what our faith is truly about.  While we are here on earth seeking to live a life of love like He modeled for us and taught us.  Then when we get the chance to point others to Jesus and His better way of life.  I hope that we all strive to do that well.  We don’t need wise and persuasive words, we simply need Jesus.  

In His Grip,
Pastor Dave