I'm preaching three services this week at my home church. The first sermon is "Meeting God" and it's based on Jacob's dream. Friday is "Following God." It is based on Abraham, Moses and the disciples. I wrote this poem to go with that second service. My last sermon will be "Speaking and Living For God" and it is based on Isaiah 1.

O, Abraham,
you are comfortable in Ur
with family, possessions and friends.
Security blesses all your life
and your prosperity never ends.
Interruption enters your life
and to an unknown land you must go.
To a place you’ve never heard of
and a destination God will show.

O Moses,
you’ve run away from your people
to a distant land you herd some sheep.
Your back is turned on your family
and there is no way you hear them weep.
Interruption enters your life
in the form of a bush that is strange.
Go back to Pharoah to speak for God
and follow Him now for a change.

O Fishermen,
you’ve spent all your life on the sea
just fishing and mending your nets.
You really don’t have a future
and your life will just end with regrets.
Interruption enters your life
as a kind looking man walks the shore
“Come fish for humans,” he calls to you
“and your life will be blessed to the core.”

O Christian,
you may be wandering through life
spending self on things that don’t last.
Your candle may be going out
as you’re trying to live in the past.
Interruption enters your life
as you get up and follow the Lord.
You find that in serving others
the fullness of your life is restored.