Advent 3

Yesterday I decided to preach on the awesome call of the prophet Isaiah described in chapter 6. In preparing for this during the week I came across this illustration which I found on the Text This Week website.

"The story is told of a young American student who was from the north of the country but went down south to spend some time with relatives. These relatives worshipped in a small country church. The young student was taken aback when he went to church and saw the exuberance of the people - the dancing and jumping and actions. His aunt who was alongside him saw his perplexity and perhaps unease and said:
Don’t worry honey - it aint how high they jump that matters it is what they do when they come down."

It is an illustration that applies no matter how we experience God in our worship and in our lives.