Jon Bergen – April 8, 2012

I know I am not the only one, but do you have those weeks where you just know you are in a battle? This was one for me… every day of Holy Week has been a struggle and a battle… if not one thing then another. OH the joy…said with great sarcasm…

Woke up at 6:00 this morning not wanting to move, sore from the day before and tired from not enough sleep and worried since the message I had prepared just didn’t ‘feel right’. I knew the text inside and out, so I thought, and had prayed that God would speak to me and show me the truth of the text to present to the folk… So like I said not wanting to move and knowing the sunrise service was not mine to preach anyway, I was tempted to just roll over and hit snooze one more time… but I forced myself out of bed and feet on the floor… and away we went… Back in time to ‘study’ some more with a sense of foreboding of the disaster that the message of the day was appearing to be… and so on my knees before the Lord asking for his strength and wisdom since mine was gone…

And Hallelujah—What a Saviour—HE showed up like He said He would and we had an awesome day. Right in the middle of preaching ‘THE POINT’ came to me and the whole thing became clear and I preached Jesus the personal Saviour that each one needs… the faith, hope and love of 1 Cor. 13:13 that at the foot of the cross was crushed and lost but at the tomb was made whole again… I told the story as if I was one that sat and wept with Mary and heard Jesus just say ‘Jon’ and all I could do was say… Master—Wow I love it when HE shows up… the comments of folk were encouraging so keep praying.

Then on to food and fellowship and a super sweet communion service… Yeah Hallelujah—WHAT A SAVIOR!

Rejoicing,

Jon
Brechin, Scotland