| It's late today but here it is. From a new section of "An Unsettled God" called 'Israel as YHWH's Partner.'
YHWH has acted toward Israel in ways that are defining for both YHWH and Israel. YHWH saved Israel, YHWH promise to Israel, YHWH led Israel, YHWH commanded Israel. YHWH is committed to Israel in freedom and passion. A short introduction that offers - in the way the print looks - a connectedness. YHWH and Israel are linked. It is as though they are one - inseparable within history. That is the story we pick up when we look at the scriptures. I am drawn toward the word 'defining'. When we look at what God has done, we are to see Israel. When we look at Israel we are to see God. This is not speaking of a chosen status that exists without definition. The people of Israel will look and act and be like the God who leads and saves. That makes chosen not a privilege but a responsibility. God will never give up on the people Israel and the people of Israel are not to give up on the God whose promises have established them. Therefore, it seems we are talking about a living identity. When Israel acts contrary to the way of the one who has created them and rescued them and saved them, what are they. In name - still Israel, and yet, in action they would be witnesses to something else. Thus, the great prophets rose up to shake up the people and remind them of this simple and eternal relationship that defines life in a way that will be a witness to all.
Connection: I suppose we all need to remember how we are blessed by our God to be the blessed ones we are to those around us. When we live outside the gift of that blessing, who are we and what is it we bring to the world? O God, who is the partner of life and hope and promise, inspire us to remember you love that is forever with us in and through all things. Amen. |
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