Interactions with God #55

I was still teaching the Sunday school class.  I was also still the “youth guy”.  Additionally, one of the elders had asked me to be on a rotation for a communion service. 

Most churches do the communion thing, you know, the grape juice and cracker event, once a month.  The church we go to now does it every week.  There is really no real requirement on frequency or timing.  There is only a requirement that it be done…so that we remember the cost of our salvation. 

The church in Nashua, at that time, had a specific communion service that was held just before the main service.  It was held in the auditorium where I would teach my Sunday school class. 

The rotation was between 4 or 5 deacons, elders and myself.  It was an honor being included, but I was the only one involved that was “untitled”.  That made it somewhat awkward in explaining why I was doing it, to those who asked.  Either way, I only did it once in a while.  It was teaching. I love teaching God’s Word.  I will do it any chance I can get.

For these communion services, like my class, I came up with my own lessons.  After a few turns at the podium, I noticed something.  The message I gave always seem to be a short version of the pastor’s message.  Like the radio messages, God was teaching the same message, only this time, using me!

This may not seem like a huge interaction with God, but when you are unsure of your ability to hear God, this type of interaction offers a great deal of confirmation, that yes, you are hearing God and doing exactly what He wants.