Jack Hayford, the beloved pastor from Los Angeles, told this story:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a deeply sobering day when I came to Carl\u2019s room in the hospital knowing there were only a matter of hours to live. And as we sat beside the bedside, I said, \u201cCarl, how are you feeling?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A man of deep faith and commitment to Jesus Christ and a very experienced and highly respected lighting director at CBS, he looked at me, his eyes misted slightly, he said, \u201cPastor Jack, you know when you\u2019re in my business, it\u2019s the combination of lights, the skill at blending things together in order to create special effects, that\u2019s what this job is about.\u201d He said, \u201cThis morning I woke up and in the quiet of my heart, Jesus spoke to me and he said, \u2018Carl, how would you like to direct a sunset?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"template":"","tax_ctp_audience":[],"tax_ctp_authors":[],"tax_ctp_categories":[165],"tax_ctp_format":[171],"tax_ctp_illustration_types":[],"tax_ctp_multimedia":[],"tax_ctp_point_editor":[],"tax_publications":[140],"tax_ctp_tags":[3595,3941,4134,4167,4304,4539,4841,4953],"tax_ctp_topics":[],"class_list":["post-65124","sermon-illustrations","type-sermon-illustrations","status-publish","hentry","tax_publications-ct-pastors","tax_ctp_tags-christian-service","tax_ctp_tags-faithful-service","tax_ctp_tags-heaven","tax_ctp_tags-hope","tax_ctp_tags-joy-in-service","tax_ctp_tags-new-creation","tax_ctp_tags-reward-for-service","tax_ctp_tags-service"],"acf":{"scripture_references":[{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null}]},"yoast_head":"\n