Sermon Details
- Pastor Name: Jonathan Cornell
- Date & Time: October 19, 2014 | 10:00am
SERMON SERIES: Leap!: Taking Risks for God’s Kingdom
There are times in our lives when taking a leap of faith involves going somewhere you just don’t want to go. Even though you know it’s the right thing to do, you just don’t want to move. If this is you in some way, then my friend, you have a calling. What you realize when you have the faith to go, is that the life you save is also your own.
Joel Fleishman was a newly minted physician, fresh from Columbia Medical School. To finance his education, his one and only scholarship came from a distant benefactor, the state of Alaska. All that was required of him to fulfill his obligation was a mere 4 years of his life. Needless to say, the wild and pristine lands of Alaska were less than ideal for this New York urbanite. To make matters worse, when he arrived, he found they had no need for him in the big city, and he was to be transferred to the town of Cicely, population 800. Some of you may know already that this scenario which I am describing is the plot line to the television program from the early 90s Northern Exposure. New York Jewish Doctor fights the calling on his life to serve the people of this tiny town. This isn’t how it was supposed to go.
This morning, we are continuing our fall series called “Leap” in which we are looking at individuals from the Bible who experience God’s call in their lives, inviting them to do something that requires a leap of faith. We’re coming to the end of our series, and today we are going to look at the difficult idea of what to do when God calls you to go somewhere you just don’t want to go. In one way or another, we will all be called by God to serve him in places we’d really rather not be, with people we find it difficult to love.
Download the entire transcript here: Jonah 1 What’s Your Cicely
