By- Oluseyenla
It was during a Sunday service in a particular church, after every other normal activities and it was time for the Sunday sermon. Normally, everyone was hoping to see the senior pastor mount the podium to minister to the people,but one of the Deacons in the church stood up and marched to the podium. Personally,I didn't see anything strange in this as it is not unusual for an appointed personnel to preach in place of the pastor but I could tell immediately the said Deacon moved forward with his Bible, the whole church atmosphere changed. I could read disappointment on the congregation's faces. This got me curious so gave full attention to what the man is going to say.
The deacon started preaching and fast forward to 25minutes later I couldn't put down a single point into my service jotter. I checked around to see if I was the only one not following, and discovered I was just in the same boat as my neighbours to both left and right.
"Ok,this is not normal" I said to myself, "I've got to put something down as Sunday nugget,at least the topic",this is my usual habit anywhere I worship. I asked my neighbours to help me out with the sermon's topic,the guy to my left told me he had no idea while the other one to my right calmed my nerves when he showed me his jotter, but there it was, blank page! What is this? ...then came this words from the deacon preaching;
"I know I'm wicked, I don't need anyone to tell me.....but what I don't do is taking another man's wife"
Immediately this man said this statement, I heard different sorts sniffing, coughing, sneezing and dragging of chairs from within the church. So confused, I decided to look beyond the distractions and focus on the man on the podium but the more I tried,the more I got lost. Finally,the man announced the end of the sermon and asked the congregation to raise for prayers and thereafter the Senior pastor shared the grace.
I got home,still dazed with my experience at the Church,i started pondering on the possible cause of the 'chaos' at the church,what could be have been wrong with the deacon on the podium? And some answers came to mind: Any man that wants to stand on the podium should be aware of his conducts, within and outside the church.
I could recall that instantly the deacon mounted the podium, everyone started mocking him,that's probably because he has previous records of a form of immorality. It's probably because he's occupying a post he's not fit or perhaps what ever he said was actually what he needed to correct himself. You see,the Scriptures was crystal clear on the fact that before you correct anyone, make sure you are not shooting yourself in the leg. The general notion is, anyone that wishes to mount the podium should be with less blemish if not without.
Nevertheless, the people should know that the Creator is not a man,therefore He doesn't have to think as one. Regardless of the status, class or character of the man on the podium, the Creator can still speak. Be careful.
It was during a Sunday service in a particular church, after every other normal activities and it was time for the Sunday sermon. Normally, everyone was hoping to see the senior pastor mount the podium to minister to the people,but one of the Deacons in the church stood up and marched to the podium. Personally,I didn't see anything strange in this as it is not unusual for an appointed personnel to preach in place of the pastor but I could tell immediately the said Deacon moved forward with his Bible, the whole church atmosphere changed. I could read disappointment on the congregation's faces. This got me curious so gave full attention to what the man is going to say.
The deacon started preaching and fast forward to 25minutes later I couldn't put down a single point into my service jotter. I checked around to see if I was the only one not following, and discovered I was just in the same boat as my neighbours to both left and right.
"Ok,this is not normal" I said to myself, "I've got to put something down as Sunday nugget,at least the topic",this is my usual habit anywhere I worship. I asked my neighbours to help me out with the sermon's topic,the guy to my left told me he had no idea while the other one to my right calmed my nerves when he showed me his jotter, but there it was, blank page! What is this? ...then came this words from the deacon preaching;
"I know I'm wicked, I don't need anyone to tell me.....but what I don't do is taking another man's wife"
Immediately this man said this statement, I heard different sorts sniffing, coughing, sneezing and dragging of chairs from within the church. So confused, I decided to look beyond the distractions and focus on the man on the podium but the more I tried,the more I got lost. Finally,the man announced the end of the sermon and asked the congregation to raise for prayers and thereafter the Senior pastor shared the grace.
I got home,still dazed with my experience at the Church,i started pondering on the possible cause of the 'chaos' at the church,what could be have been wrong with the deacon on the podium? And some answers came to mind: Any man that wants to stand on the podium should be aware of his conducts, within and outside the church.
I could recall that instantly the deacon mounted the podium, everyone started mocking him,that's probably because he has previous records of a form of immorality. It's probably because he's occupying a post he's not fit or perhaps what ever he said was actually what he needed to correct himself. You see,the Scriptures was crystal clear on the fact that before you correct anyone, make sure you are not shooting yourself in the leg. The general notion is, anyone that wishes to mount the podium should be with less blemish if not without.
Nevertheless, the people should know that the Creator is not a man,therefore He doesn't have to think as one. Regardless of the status, class or character of the man on the podium, the Creator can still speak. Be careful.
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