January 12, 2013Psalm 98, 99, 100, 104
Isaiah 66:1-2, 22-23; 61:1-9
Revelation 3:14-22
Galatians 3:23-29; 4:4-7
John 9:1-12, 35-38
God created order from chaos. God maintains that peace. There are, however, those who would choose chaos. Those who seek to disrupt the perfection of God’s creative work.
Do we disrupt the goodness of God’s creative work by trying to limit the meaning of "church" as the place where we gather to worship? Do we get too proud of the buildings we fabricate and maintain? God is less concerned with where we worship, than that we be respectful and contrite in spirit. That we seek to create order from chaos. That we become a part of the perfection of God's creative work.
Do we blind ourselves by not attending to all the nudges given to us by the Holy Spirit to see those who need encouragement and steadfast love? Do we live spiritually blinded by our confusion with other races, classes, and genders? That blindness is blindness to the presence of God’s Son.
Do we forget Christ is the essence of the law and has already satisfied the law’s demands? Do we get so legalistic that we forget Christ’s commandment to love one another? Do we get so caught up in our own lives, our own pain that our faith becomes lukewarm? Do we get not only blind, but deaf? Jesus is knocking at the door. He cannot enter unless we hear his voice, open the door and see.
Set a feast, a spread of time, love, steadfastness. O sing to the Lord a new song. Praise God, for He is righteous. Praise the Son, for he has taken away the sin of the world. Praise the Holy Spirit, for our God-breathed life and the God-breathed Word. Praise the three-in-one, the triune God, for power and mystery, for order and peace, for steadfast love and holiness, for righteousness and forgiveness, for the ability to see and hear.
Amen, and Amen.
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