When is the Sermon Done?

When is the sermon done? This is a question preachers struggle with quite frequently--not only in crafting the sermon, but in delivering it.

When is the sermon done? This is a question jokingly posed by hearers quite regularly--as if the proclamation of the Gospel is something simply to endure.

When is the sermon done? When God is finished winging his word into the hearts of his people and bringing forth fruit for his Kingdom.

Isaiah 55:11: . . . so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and succeed in the thing for which I sent it.