| Today Brueggemann take a look at covenant as a part of the relation we have with God and what a covenant does to that relationship. The overriding indicator of God in relationship is covenant, which sometimes is understood as a unilateral imposition on the part of YHWH and at other times as a bilateral agreement. It is precisely because the covenant is articulated in so many variations that we are able to conclude that covenantal relatedness makes it impossible for this God to be settled, static, or fixed. This God is always emerging in new ways in response to the requirements of the relationship at hand. It is as though there is a contextual agreement that is meant to last - as promise do. And yet, things change through time. As is noted above, as relationships change, the requirements for relationship must also change. I think part of that is so that there can be communication that fits the contexts and addresses the needs of both parties. Is God changing? I suppose that is one way to put it. Then again, just a relationship is always jumping into situations that were not anticipated, so would this covenantal relationship find itself in a place not articulated in a way that covers this new place. So, as one writer noted, there is the need for the 'miracle of dialogue' even within the relationship of God and God's people. We are always called to listen to the way God entered into relationship with God's people and that is to help us keep awake and listen to the way the conversation might take place among us - today. I don't think God has ever stopped talking to us. Connection: How is it that you hear the voice of God addressing you - how do you respond?! O God, who was and is and is to be, keep talking. Keep letting your Word of life address us and then help us to wrestle within a conversation of hopeful and joy as we move along through this time that your have given us. Amen. |
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