Interesting Sermon this week

We had an enlightening one yesterday. We are working through Acts, and are on acts 5 the conversion of Paul. And talking about how he had to empty himself before God could use him. And it was a direct result of Paul's emptiness. Being hated by everyone and having nothing that gave us Christianity as we know it.

He also spoke about Abe Lincoln, I didn't realize this but after the Battle at Gettysburg The main speaker called wasn't Abe Lincoln, Lincoln was asked as an after thought. His wife was very ill, had lost his son, everyone hated him, the opposing political party wanted him out of power, and he was suffering from depression. He was in the lowest place of his life. He was asked to write a "few" words. The speaker preceding him spoke for 2 hours and got thunderous applause. And he told his adviser, I don't think my speech is going to be good enough.

But he went on anyway, and in his brokenness God brought us the Gettysburg Address, one of the most quoted speeches in the world.

It was from God using Abe Lincoln also that we could even imagine to have a black president.

That in itself shows that Yes, God does use us. And he uses us the most usually when we are broken, and feel empty. When we stop filling up our emptiness with useless things, like more tv, food, addictions, etc.