Preaching

I preached last Sunday in my field ed church. My pastor have to be out of town to attend to some important matters so I have to do everything on both services. It has been a while since I prepared a sermon. When my pastor said that I have to preach on both services, it was already on a Friday. So I either have to prepare a new sermon or I have to recycle an old one.
Because I already took preaching classes, I should know better. The sermon is the word of God for the people. Although it is a discipline to write and prepare a sermon what is more important was to speak to the particularities of the congregation. Thus, in a sense even a recycled sermon being God's word have to address and speak to the congregation.
And so I went to the library after my Hebrew class and prayed hard for the guidance of the Holy Spirit. I prayed so hard that I fell asleep. But when God is at work, nothing is impossible. And so I was not troubled even if it was already Saturday morning and I have only done the exegetical part. From there on, the Holy Spirit just guided my hand to write God's word to the people. And yes, the Holy Spirit also works overtime so I had to stay up late to finish the sermon for Sunday. But everything is well. Without the guidance of the God, the almost one year of not writing a sermon could have taken a toll on me.