Listen to Reading and Sermon By the grace of God I am what I am; and the grace that is in me has not been in vain; for I labored more abundantly than them all, yet not I, but God’s grace that is within me. Audio reading and sermon (http://sunshinecathedral.org/sermons/audio/20100207_6.mp3)
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By the grace of God I am what I am; and the grace that is in me has not been in vain; for I labored more abundantly than them all, yet not I, but God’s grace that is within me.
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Listen to Readings and Sermon The Good News Written Isaiah 6.1-8 (Lamsa Translation) 1In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the [ETERNAL] sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, [with a] train [that] filled the temple. 2And above… stood the seraphim; each one had six wings… 3and one called to another, and [...]
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The Good News Written
Isaiah 6.1-8 (Lamsa Translation)
1In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the [ETERNAL] sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, [with a] train [that] filled the temple. 2And above… stood the seraphim; each one had six wings… 3and one called to another, and said, “Holy, holy, holy is the [God] of hosts; the whole earth is full of [God’s] glory.” 4And the posts of the door shook at the voice of the one who called, and the house was filled with smoke. 5Then I said, “Woe is me. I am dismayed; for I have unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the [Sovereign], the [Overseer] of hosts.” 6Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having a live coal in hand… 7and touched my mouth and said to me, “Lo, this has touched your lips; your iniquity is taken away, and your sins are forgiven.” 8And I heard the voice of the [ETERNAL] saying, “Whom shall I send…?” Then said I, “Here am I; send me.”
Luke 5.1-7. 10-11 (NIV)
1One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, with the people crowding around him and listening to the word of God, 2he saw at the water’s edge two boats… 3He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.
4When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.”
5Simon answered, “[Teacher], we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”
6When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. 7So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.
10…Then Jesus said… “Don’t be afraid; from now on you will catch [people].” 11So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.
The Good News Proclaimed
Preached by the Reverend Doctor Durrell Watkins at the Sunshine Cathedral on Sunday, February 7, 2010.
I love that song, whether it’s sung by Bing Crosby or Doris Day or almost anyone…Would you like to swing on a star, carry moonbeams home in a jar, and be better off than you are, or would you rather be a fish?
Now in that song, the animals are meant to represent one not living up to one’s highest potential. Mules are stubborn, pigs are untidy, fish are slippery and shiftless, but each person can choose to be better than these characterizations, because, in truth, humans are innately better than these characterizations! One might make unwise choices and not live into one’s potential; one might appear mulish or piggy or fishy, but one always has the right and the option of being better by simply acknowledging one’s potential and making the most of it. Continue reading »
