Whew! What a Wild One!
Wow, what a day it’s been! This has definitely been a Sunday like no other, that’s for sure. On Wednesday I find out that Cliff, the deacon that runs the recording desk during most services, is going to be out of town on vacation; that meant that I would be needed to run the sound for Sunday morning. No worries there as I’ve done it several times before. Throw on top of that that I get an instant message from Pastor Bob saying that he won’t be at church on Sunday because he has strep throat and can’t talk. No worries there either because Warren Doud would be covering for him teaching from his series on Acts. So far so good.
This morning goes off without a hitch, so I was feeling pretty good. Had planned on getting home from church and doing some Greek homework before class. I’m not even home an hour and I get a call from K.C. Williams (another deacon) telling me that Mr. Doud would be unable to teach tonight’s class (his regularly scheduled session), and was asking if I had anything prepared that I could possibly teach in his absence. I told them that I could and immediately scrambled to find something to teach. I ended up deciding on "A Heart for God’s Word" from the Read.Pray.Worship.Live. series on Trailblazin Ministries and rushed to get notes printed off, along with putting together a PowerPoint presentation to help the congregation follow along. Having to leave at 4:00 to get to my Greek class on time, I basically only had 2 hours to get everything ready. Luckily I did.
I get to church and attend my Greek class. That was cool. Service went well and I think I did a halfway decent job presenting the material, especially considering I hadn’t looked at it but once or twice since writing it towards the end of last year.
It was definitely a wild day, and one that I’ll never forget. It just goes to show that as a minister of the gospel I need to be prepared in season and out of season to teach His Word (2 Timothy 4:2). The Lord is good, and I’m glad I was able to come through with something in my pastor’s absence. It’s such a blessing that there are so many faithful men who are able to teach the Word in our pastor’s absence and that I can be counted as one of them, even on short notice.
By the way, if you want to listen to the MP3, visit the Austin Bible Church website.
Bless the Lord!
Good man, standing in the gap!