We continue with pieces from “Holy People” by Gordon Lathrop.
The meeting is to become a paradigm of God’s intention for the world, a sign of God’s own holiness.
Take the time to read the wonderful “But then” that starts off verse 21 of the third chapter of Romans. It designates a reality that comes into being in Christ…a new life and a new way to be together with others. The holiness of God defines the community and makes our doors open wide because the one who invites us to enter, invites all without any proof of having done a thing or become a specific kind of person in order to be a part of the whole. The meeting of God’s people in Christ cannot be judged by the ways we would like to judge and set up our world. In Christ we gather as the beginning of a new reality…a reality we say has already been established for us in the untouchable future that bids us to come and live already in its graciousness.
Connection: Invite someone to worship and as you do that, know that already - in that invitation – you have made the community at worship a greater expression of God’s graciousness.
Lord, by your grace you invite us into one body even though we are so diverse we cannot accept each other. By your grace you expand us and open our eyes to the blessedness of your Reign. Praise to you for this life that is not ours but yours given to us freely. Amen.
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