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Series: The Gospel of John
Mike Stone
John 11:1-27
We've been walking our way, verse-by-verse through John's gospel on Sunday mornings and we've made our way up to the 11th chapter. Today I want to preach from the first 27 verses of this chapter in a message I've called, ''When God Delays.''
Today's text is about those times when God's timing seems to be off.
Those times He seems to have missed the boat and dropped the ball.
Those times where this typically on-time God seems to be running late.
One of my favorite commercials of all time is a commercial for a watch company. The theme was, ''Timing is everything.'' In the commercial, a young man and woman are out at dinner. She says, ''I love you.'' He sits silently as she cries and runs out. Then he says, to an empty chair, ''I love you too.'' The announcer says, ''Timing is everything.''
In another commercial, two people jump out of an airplane with parachutes on. One is a student and the other an instructor. The instructor tells the student to wait until the signal to pull the parachute cord. When the student hit the ground at full speed, the instructor yelled, ''Pull.'' The announcer says, ''Timing is everything.''
As the chaplain for our high football team, I've used those commercials to remind them that, as athletes, if you wait too late in the game to get serious about winning...too late in the week...too late in the season... sometimes it's too late. You may as well stay at the house.
There are many areas of athletics and many situations in life where, if you wait too late to show up, you may as well not even show up at all.
One of my professors in college used to lock the door on the hour. He would not let anyone in late. He said, ''If you're going to be late, don't bother coming.'' Timing is everything.
But does that idea apply to God? Can God ever be late? Can God ever ''not show up until it's too late?'' And when He seems to, how are we supposed to ...
Series: The Gospel of John
Mike Stone
John 11:1-27
We've been walking our way, verse-by-verse through John's gospel on Sunday mornings and we've made our way up to the 11th chapter. Today I want to preach from the first 27 verses of this chapter in a message I've called, ''When God Delays.''
Today's text is about those times when God's timing seems to be off.
Those times He seems to have missed the boat and dropped the ball.
Those times where this typically on-time God seems to be running late.
One of my favorite commercials of all time is a commercial for a watch company. The theme was, ''Timing is everything.'' In the commercial, a young man and woman are out at dinner. She says, ''I love you.'' He sits silently as she cries and runs out. Then he says, to an empty chair, ''I love you too.'' The announcer says, ''Timing is everything.''
In another commercial, two people jump out of an airplane with parachutes on. One is a student and the other an instructor. The instructor tells the student to wait until the signal to pull the parachute cord. When the student hit the ground at full speed, the instructor yelled, ''Pull.'' The announcer says, ''Timing is everything.''
As the chaplain for our high football team, I've used those commercials to remind them that, as athletes, if you wait too late in the game to get serious about winning...too late in the week...too late in the season... sometimes it's too late. You may as well stay at the house.
There are many areas of athletics and many situations in life where, if you wait too late to show up, you may as well not even show up at all.
One of my professors in college used to lock the door on the hour. He would not let anyone in late. He said, ''If you're going to be late, don't bother coming.'' Timing is everything.
But does that idea apply to God? Can God ever be late? Can God ever ''not show up until it's too late?'' And when He seems to, how are we supposed to ...
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