Waiting on the Word - 74

People think pastors, evangelists, and preachers just open the Bible and start talking. But you and I know better.   There are days I sit with God and say, "Lord… what do You want me to say to Your people today?"   And sometimes the hardest part isn't writing the sermon — it's wrestling with the fear that I might say too much, or not enough, or something that touches nobody, or something that glorifies me instead of Him.   And on the days when that fear wins… there is no episode. There is no sermon. There is only silence. Because I refuse to speak if He hasn't spoken....